speakup

    def start_recording(self):
        self._logger.debug('start_recording')
	self._is_recording = True

        r = sr.Recognizer()
        audios = []

        while(self._is_recording):
                with sr.Microphone() as source:
                        print("Speak!")
                        audio = r.listen(source)
                        audios.append(audio)
                        print("Stopped!")


        speechStrings = []
        for audio in audios:
                try:
                        speechString = r.recognize_google(audio)
                        speechStrings.append(speechString)

                except sr.UnknownValueError:
                        print("Failed to understand")
                except sr.RequestError as e:
                        print("Failed to request: {}".format(e))

        print(speechStrings)
        pass