microphone_recognition.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# NOTE: this example requires PyAudio because it uses the Microphone class

import speech_recognition as sr

# obtain audio from the microphone
r = sr.Recognizer()
with sr.Microphone() as source:
    print("Say something!")
    audio = r.listen(source)

# recognize speech using Sphinx
try:
    print("Sphinx thinks you said " + r.recognize_sphinx(audio))
except sr.UnknownValueError:
    print("Sphinx could not understand audio")
except sr.RequestError as e:
    print("Sphinx error; {0}".format(e))

# recognize speech using Google Speech Recognition
try:
    # for testing purposes, we're just using the default API key
    # to use another API key, use `r.recognize_google(audio, key="GOOGLE_SPEECH_RECOGNITION_API_KEY")`
    # instead of `r.recognize_google(audio)`
    print("Google Speech Recognition thinks you 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))

# recognize speech using Google Cloud Speech
GOOGLE_CLOUD_SPEECH_CREDENTIALS = r"""INSERT THE CONTENTS OF THE GOOGLE CLOUD SPEECH JSON CREDENTIALS FILE HERE"""
try:
    print("Google Cloud Speech thinks you said " + r.recognize_google_cloud(audio, credentials_json=GOOGLE_CLOUD_SPEECH_CREDENTIALS))
except sr.UnknownValueError:
    print("Google Cloud Speech could not understand audio")
except sr.RequestError as e:
    print("Could not request results from Google Cloud Speech service; {0}".format(e))

# recognize speech using Wit.ai
WIT_AI_KEY = "INSERT WIT.AI API KEY HERE"  # Wit.ai keys are 32-character uppercase alphanumeric strings
try:
    print("Wit.ai thinks you said " + r.recognize_wit(audio, key=WIT_AI_KEY))
except sr.UnknownValueError:
    print("Wit.ai could not understand audio")
except sr.RequestError as e:
    print("Could not request results from Wit.ai service; {0}".format(e))

# recognize speech using Microsoft Bing Voice Recognition
BING_KEY = "INSERT BING API KEY HERE"  # Microsoft Bing Voice Recognition API keys 32-character lowercase hexadecimal strings
try:
    print("Microsoft Bing Voice Recognition thinks you said " + r.recognize_bing(audio, key=BING_KEY))
except sr.UnknownValueError:
    print("Microsoft Bing Voice Recognition could not understand audio")
except sr.RequestError as e:
    print("Could not request results from Microsoft Bing Voice Recognition service; {0}".format(e))

# recognize speech using Microsoft Azure Speech
AZURE_SPEECH_KEY = "INSERT AZURE SPEECH API KEY HERE"  # Microsoft Speech API keys 32-character lowercase hexadecimal strings
try:
    print("Microsoft Azure Speech thinks you said " + r.recognize_azure(audio, key=AZURE_SPEECH_KEY))
except sr.UnknownValueError:
    print("Microsoft Azure Speech could not understand audio")
except sr.RequestError as e:
    print("Could not request results from Microsoft Azure Speech service; {0}".format(e))

# recognize speech using Houndify
HOUNDIFY_CLIENT_ID = "INSERT HOUNDIFY CLIENT ID HERE"  # Houndify client IDs are Base64-encoded strings
HOUNDIFY_CLIENT_KEY = "INSERT HOUNDIFY CLIENT KEY HERE"  # Houndify client keys are Base64-encoded strings
try:
    print("Houndify thinks you said " + r.recognize_houndify(audio, client_id=HOUNDIFY_CLIENT_ID, client_key=HOUNDIFY_CLIENT_KEY))
except sr.UnknownValueError:
    print("Houndify could not understand audio")
except sr.RequestError as e:
    print("Could not request results from Houndify service; {0}".format(e))

# recognize speech using IBM Speech to Text
IBM_USERNAME = "INSERT IBM SPEECH TO TEXT USERNAME HERE"  # IBM Speech to Text usernames are strings of the form XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
IBM_PASSWORD = "INSERT IBM SPEECH TO TEXT PASSWORD HERE"  # IBM Speech to Text passwords are mixed-case alphanumeric strings
try:
    print("IBM Speech to Text thinks you said " + r.recognize_ibm(audio, username=IBM_USERNAME, password=IBM_PASSWORD))
except sr.UnknownValueError:
    print("IBM Speech to Text could not understand audio")
except sr.RequestError as e:
    print("Could not request results from IBM Speech to Text service; {0}".format(e))