add async processor

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.15.2 - 2026-03-18
+
+### New features
+
+- Added `ProcessorAsync`, an async wrapper around `Processor` for use in `async`/`await` contexts (requires the `async` feature flag). It offloads blocking audio processing to a thread pool via `tokio::task::spawn_blocking`, keeping the async runtime responsive. All methods mirror the synchronous `Processor` API. A `ProcessorAsync::with_config` convenience constructor is also provided.
+
 ## 0.15.1 - 2026-03-17
 
 ## Improvements

Cargo.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 homepage = "https://ai-coustics.com/sdk/"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/ai-coustics/aic-sdk-rs"
-version = "0.15.1"
+version = "0.15.2"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 aic-sdk-sys = { version = "0.15.1", path = "aic-sdk-sys" }
@@ -36,22 +36,32 @@ serde = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 sha2 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
+tokio = { version = "1.49", optional = true, features = ["rt", "sync"] }
 ureq = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["rustls"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 approx = "0.5"
+futures = "0.3"
 hound = "3.5"
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.49", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "sync", "time"] }
 
 [features]
+async = ["dep:tokio"]
 download-lib = ["aic-sdk-sys/download-lib"]
 download-model = ["dep:serde", "dep:serde_json", "dep:sha2", "dep:ureq"]
 
 [[example]]
 name = "basic_usage"
 path = "examples/basic_usage.rs"
+required-features = ["download-model"]
 
 [[example]]
 name = "benchmark"
 path = "examples/benchmark.rs"
+required-features = ["async", "download-model"]
+
+[[example]]
+name = "parallel_async"
+path = "examples/parallel_async.rs"
+required-features = ["async", "download-model"]

README.md

@@ -211,11 +211,13 @@ See the example files for complete working examples:
 - [`examples/basic_usage.rs`](examples/basic_usage.rs) - Basic usage example
 - [`examples/build-time-download`](examples/build-time-download) - Download and embed models at compile-time
 - [`examples/benchmark.rs`](examples/benchmark.rs) - Run multiple processor instances concurrently until the real-time requirements are not met
+- [`examples/parallel_async.rs`](examples/parallel_async.rs) - Demonstrates parallel processing with `ProcessorAsync`: runs N processors concurrently via `tokio::join_all` and prints each processor's individual time alongside a sequential baseline to confirm the speedup
 
 Run examples with:
 ```bash
 export AIC_SDK_LICENSE="your_license_key_here"
 cargo run --example basic_usage --features download-lib,download-model
+cargo run --example parallel_async --features download-lib,download-model,async
 ```
 
 ## Documentation

examples/basic_usage.rs

@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
-#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "download-model"), allow(dead_code, unused_imports))]
-
-#[cfg(feature = "download-model")]
 use aic_sdk::{Model, Processor, ProcessorConfig, ProcessorParameter, VadParameter};
 use std::env;
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "download-model"))]
-fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    Err("Enable the `download-model` feature to run this example.".into())
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "download-model")]
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     // Display library version
     println!("ai-coustics SDK version: {}", aic_sdk::get_sdk_version());