onEvent handler

Responsible for handling events received from Alan.

While Alan interacts with the user and interpretes the user’s input, it emits a series of events. For each event, Alan generates JSON output with the event description. You can intercept the event information and use it in your app logic if needed.

You can use the following Alan events:

• recognized
• parsed
• text

recognized event

The event is emitted during and upon the user’s input recognition. The event description contains the interpreted phrase and the recognition state in the final field:

• If the user’s input is being recognized, the final field value is false.
• If the user’s input has been recognized, the final field value is true.

// The user’s input is being recognized
{text: hello, final: false}

// The user’s input has been recognized
{text: hello, final: true}

parsed event

The event is emitted after the user’s input has been parsed and interpreted.The event description contains the interpreted user’s phrase.

{text: hello}

text event

This event is emitted when Alan plays the reply to the user. The event description contains Alan’s phrase.

{text: I'm here}

Examples