FCM153 - mysrec.py

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# speechrec-test.py
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# written by G.D. Walters
# for Full Circle Magazine #153
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# Borrowed from speechrecognition library __main__.py
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import speech_recognition as sr

r = sr.Recognizer()
m = sr.Microphone()

loop = True
while loop:
    try:
        print('Silence!!!!!!!!!!')
        with m as source:
            r.adjust_for_ambient_noise(source)
        while True:
            print('SPEAK HUMAN...')
            with m as source:
                audio = r.listen(source)
            print('Quiet while I think...')
            try:
                value = r.recognize_google(audio)
                if str is bytes:
                    print(f'You said "{value.encode("utf-8")}"')
                else:
                    print(f'You said "{value}"')
                if (value == 'please quit') or (value == 'please stop'):
                    print('Program ends...')
                    loop = False
                    break
            except sr.UnknownValueError:
                print('try that again')
            except sr.RequestError as e:
                print('unable to get requests from engine')
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        loop = False
        pass