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name: speak-install-auth description: | Install and configure Speak Language Learning SDK/API authentication. Use when setting up a new Speak integration, configuring API keys, or initializing Speak services in your language learning application. Trigger with phrases like "install speak", "setup speak", "speak auth", "configure speak API key", "speak language learning setup". allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:), Bash(pip:), Grep version: 1.0.0 license: MIT author: Jeremy Longshore jeremy@intentsolutions.io

Speak Install & Auth

Overview

Set up Speak Language Learning SDK/API and configure authentication credentials for AI-powered language tutoring integration.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+
• Package manager (npm, pnpm, or pip)
• Speak developer account with API access
• API key from Speak developer dashboard

Instructions

Step 1: Install SDK

# Node.js
npm install @speak/language-sdk

# Python
pip install speak-language-sdk

# Alternative: Using OpenAI-compatible API
npm install openai  # Speak uses OpenAI's real-time API

Step 2: Configure Authentication

# Set environment variable
export SPEAK_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export SPEAK_APP_ID="your-app-id"

# Or create .env file
echo 'SPEAK_API_KEY=your-api-key' >> .env
echo 'SPEAK_APP_ID=your-app-id' >> .env

Step 3: Initialize Client

// src/speak/client.ts
import { SpeakClient } from '@speak/language-sdk';

const client = new SpeakClient({
  apiKey: process.env.SPEAK_API_KEY!,
  appId: process.env.SPEAK_APP_ID!,
  language: 'ko', // Target language: Korean, Spanish (es), Japanese (ja), etc.
});

Step 4: Verify Connection

async function verifyConnection() {
  try {
    const status = await client.health.check();
    console.log('Speak connection verified:', status);
    return true;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Connection failed:', error);
    return false;
  }
}

Supported Languages

Language	Code	Status
English	en	Available
Spanish	es	Available
French	fr	Available
German	de	Available
Portuguese (BR)	pt-BR	Available
Korean	ko	Available
Japanese	ja	Available
Mandarin (Traditional)	zh-TW	Available
Mandarin (Simplified)	zh-CN	Available
Indonesian	id	Available

Output

• Installed SDK package in node_modules or site-packages
• Environment variable or .env file with API credentials
• Successful connection verification output

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
Invalid API Key	Incorrect or expired key	Verify key in Speak developer dashboard
App ID Mismatch	Wrong application identifier	Check app ID in project settings
Rate Limited	Exceeded quota	Check usage at developer.speak.com
Network Error	Firewall blocking	Ensure outbound HTTPS allowed
Module Not Found	Installation failed	Run npm install or pip install again

Examples

TypeScript Setup with Speech Recognition

import { SpeakClient, SpeechRecognizer } from '@speak/language-sdk';

const client = new SpeakClient({
  apiKey: process.env.SPEAK_API_KEY!,
  appId: process.env.SPEAK_APP_ID!,
  language: 'es',
});

const recognizer = new SpeechRecognizer(client, {
  onSpeechResult: (result) => {
    console.log('User said:', result.transcript);
    console.log('Pronunciation score:', result.pronunciationScore);
  },
  onError: (error) => console.error('Speech error:', error),
});

Python Setup

import os
from speak_sdk import SpeakClient, LessonSession

client = SpeakClient(
    api_key=os.environ.get('SPEAK_API_KEY'),
    app_id=os.environ.get('SPEAK_APP_ID'),
    language='ja'  # Japanese
)

# Verify connection
status = client.health.check()
print(f"Connected: {status.healthy}")

Resources

• Speak Developer Documentation
• Speak API Reference
• Speak Status Page
• OpenAI Real-time API (used by Speak)

Next Steps

After successful auth, proceed to speak-hello-world for your first lesson session.