import speech_recognition as sr

def get_audio():
    r =  sr.Recognizer()

    with sr.Microphone() as source:
        r.adjust_for_ambient_noise(source, duration=5)
        print("listening... ")
        audio = r.listen(source)
        said = ""

    try:
        said = r.recognize_google(audio)
    except sr.UnknownValueError:
        print("Google Speech Recognition could not understand audio")
    except sr.RequestError as e:
        print("Could not request results from Google Speech Recognition service; {0}".format(e))

    return said.lower()

print(get_audio())