audio_transcribe.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import speech_recognition as sr

# obtain path to "english.wav" in the same folder as this script
from os import path
AUDIO_FILE = path.join(path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__)), "english.wav")
#AUDIO_FILE = path.join(path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__)), "french.aiff")
#AUDIO_FILE = path.join(path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__)), "chinese.flac")

# use the audio file as the audio source
r = sr.Recognizer()
with sr.AudioFile(AUDIO_FILE) as source:
    audio = r.record(source) # read the entire audio file

# 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 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 api.ai
API_AI_CLIENT_ACCESS_TOKEN = "INSERT API.AI API KEY HERE" # api.ai keys are 32-character lowercase hexadecimal strings
try:
    print("api.ai thinks you said " + r.recognize_api(audio, client_access_token=API_AI_CLIENT_ACCESS_TOKEN))
except sr.UnknownValueError:
    print("api.ai could not understand audio")
except sr.RequestError as e:
    print("Could not request results from api.ai 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))