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@alotaiba
alotaiba / google_speech2text.md
Created February 3, 2012 13:20
Google Speech To Text API

Google Speech To Text API

Base URL: https://www.google.com/speech-api/v1/recognize
It accepts POST requests with voice file encoded in FLAC format, and query parameters for control.

Query Parameters

client
The client's name you're connecting from. For spoofing purposes, let's use chromium

lang
Speech language, for example, ar-QA for Qatari Arabic, or en-US for U.S. English

@caseyjustus
caseyjustus / median.js
Created August 23, 2011 19:34
calculate the median of an array with javascript
function median(values) {
values.sort( function(a,b) {return a - b;} );
var half = Math.floor(values.length/2);
if(values.length % 2)
return values[half];
else
return (values[half-1] + values[half]) / 2.0;
@jcsrb
jcsrb / gist:1081548
Created July 13, 2011 23:05
get avatar from google profiles, facebook, gravatar, twitter, tumblr
function get_avatar_from_service(service, userid, size) {
// this return the url that redirects to the according user image/avatar/profile picture
// implemented services: google profiles, facebook, gravatar, twitter, tumblr, default fallback
// for google use get_avatar_from_service('google', profile-name or user-id , size-in-px )
// for facebook use get_avatar_from_service('facebook', vanity url or user-id , size-in-px or size-as-word )
// for gravatar use get_avatar_from_service('gravatar', md5 hash email@adress, size-in-px )
// for twitter use get_avatar_from_service('twitter', username, size-in-px or size-as-word )
// for tumblr use get_avatar_from_service('tumblr', blog-url, size-in-px )
// everything else will go to the fallback
// google and gravatar scale the avatar to any site, others will guided to the next best version
@gf3
gf3 / jsonp.js
Created June 18, 2009 18:18
Simple JSONP in vanilla JS
/**
* loadJSONP( url, hollaback [, context] ) -> Null
* - url (String): URL to data resource.
* - hollaback (Function): Function to call when data is successfully loaded,
* it receives one argument: the data.
* - context (Object): Context to invoke the hollaback function in.
*
* Load external data through a JSONP interface.
*
* ### Examples