WPRelive

A homebrew Windows Phone 7/8 HTTP API server made in Python with Starlette, used for Microsoft Tellme (speech recognition) and Bing Search (search API, not implemented yet).

Why?

Just for fun and giggles and learning reverse engineering.

Since Bing API servers (api.m.bing.net, appserver.m.bing.net) is dead for a very long while, why just not resurrect the ancient tech?

What's the goal?

To make Microsoft Tellme (Windows Phone 7/8 speech recognition) work again, even the only thing it can do is help Tellme/Bing with search query.

How it works?

Microsoft Tellme uses HTTP server for speech recognition, and Bing Search also uses it for search queries. Bing Search also uses it to get Today Image as a background image, and for search in Maps app.

What doesn't work?

• Actual speech recognition (decoding SirenSR, or GSM 6.10 8kHz Mono, and get the text from audio)
• Bing Search API (needs to investigate on jsonwithnif JSON responses, and withnif responses)
• Perhaps more stuff such as Maps search, etc.

Currently implemented services endpoints are:

• Microsoft Tellme: Voice Recognition (/speechreco/wp/query)
• Bing mobile search, but no responses yet (/SearchService/Search.svc/{withnif,jsonwithnif}/)
• Bing Today Image (/BackgroundImageService/TodayImageService.svc/GetTodayImage)

Installation

Requirements:

• Python >= 3.9

You need to install dependencies (preferably inside Python virtual environment, venv), you can install either from requirements.txt file or with Pipenv:

• Pip way: pip install -Ur requirements.txt
• Pipenv way: pipenv install
  • You also can install additional development packages by adding --dev key.
  • Optionally add --deploy for production environments.

Then you can start Uvicorn ASGI host:

uvicorn --host 0.0.0.0 --port 80 wprelive.app:app

You also need DNS server that will redirect api.m.bing.net and appservice.m.bing.net hostnames to your host address.

If you are about to host locally on Windows and have Wi-Fi hotspot, you can use your PC as DNS server. You need to append text in %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file:

<Your Host IP Address> api.m.bing.net
<Your Host IP Address> appservice.m.bing.net

Then turn on Wi-Fi hotspot and connect your Windows Phone to your hotspot network.

License

WPRelive is licensed under MIT license, see LICENSE file for more details. WPRelive is free and open source software.

This is an unofficial project, it is not made, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way offically connected with Microsoft Corporation, or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates.