ReSpeaker is an open project to create voice enabled objects. ReSpeaker python library is an open source python library to provide basic functions of voice interaction.
It uses PocketSphinx for keyword spotting and uses webrtcvad for voice activity detecting.
Note: This library is already installed on ReSpeaker Core by default. Please skip the installation step and don't re-install it
python and pip are required.
- Install pocketsphinx, webrtcvad
On windows, we can use pre-compiled python wheel packages of pocketsphinx and pyaudio from speech_recognition. For python 2.7, run:
pip install https://github.com/respeaker/respeaker_python_library/releases/download/v0.4.1/pocketsphinx-0.0.9-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl
pip install https://github.com/respeaker/respeaker_python_library/releases/download/v0.4.1/webrtcvad-2.0.9.dev0-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl
On Linux
pip install pocketsphinx webrtcvad
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pip install pyaudio respeaker --upgrade -
Install hidapi (optional)
This step is required on OSX.
import logging
import time
from threading import Thread, Event
from respeaker import Microphone
def task(quit_event):
mic = Microphone(quit_event=quit_event)
while not quit_event.is_set():
if mic.wakeup('respeaker'):
print('Wake up')
data = mic.listen()
text = mic.recognize(data)
if text:
print('Recognized %s' % text)
def main():
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
quit_event = Event()
thread = Thread(target=task, args=(quit_event,))
thread.daemon = True
thread.start()
while True:
try:
time.sleep(1)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print('Quit')
quit_event.set()
break
time.sleep(1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()