A voice to text program. accepts users audio input and display the translated text from the audio.
This program allows you to use an audio file, or provide a live input from your laptop mic.
If you want to use a different audio file,
save the name in the appropriate variable audio_file,
and ensure the audio file format is of type .wav and
it is saved to the same file locaton as this python program
To use the live input option, Wait for the '[speak now...]' prompt before speaking. Say 'quit' to end the program.
How to use:
- Ensure you have python 3.0+ installed (I used Python 3.9.13 for this)
- Install the necessary package which are: SpeechRecognition and pyaudio Run this in the command line (for windows):
pip install SpeechRecognitionpip install pyaudio
- Run the program: (in your terminal, navigate to the same folder where this python program is saved)
python speech_recog.py
Linked resource: realpython.com
This project a graded assignment given to me by one of my lecturers at NAU (Engr. Peace)