Update config and fix console window flashing (thanks @Qdrew!)

Author: Uberi

README.rst

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SpeechRecognition
     :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/SpeechRecognition/
     :alt: License
 
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/travis/Uberi/speech_recognition.svg
+.. image:: https://api.travis-ci.org/Uberi/speech_recognition.svg?branch=master
     :target: https://travis-ci.org/Uberi/speech_recognition
     :alt: Continuous Integration Test Results
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ Also check out the `Python Baidu Yuyin API <https://github.com/DelightRun/PyBaid
 License
 -------
 
-Copyright 2014-2017 `Anthony Zhang (Uberi) <https://uberi.github.io>`__. The source code for this library is available online at `GitHub <https://github.com/Uberi/speech_recognition>`__.
+Copyright 2014-2017 `Anthony Zhang (Uberi) <http://anthony-zhang.me/>`__. The source code for this library is available online at `GitHub <https://github.com/Uberi/speech_recognition>`__.
 
 SpeechRecognition is made available under the 3-clause BSD license. See ``LICENSE.txt`` in the project's `root directory <https://github.com/Uberi/speech_recognition>`__ for more information.
 

setup.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[bdist_wheel]
+# the `universal` setting means that the project runs unmodified on both Python 2 and 3,
+# and doesn't use any C extensions to Python
+universal=1

speech_recognition/__init__.py

@@ -210,12 +210,18 @@ def __enter__(self):
 
                 # run the FLAC converter with the FLAC data to get the AIFF data
                 flac_converter = get_flac_converter()
+                if os.name == "nt":  # on Windows, specify that the process is to be started without showing a console window
+                    startup_info = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
+                    startup_info.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW  # specify that the wShowWindow field of `startup_info` contains a value
+                    startup_info.wShowWindow = subprocess.SW_HIDE  # specify that the console window should be hidden
+                else:
+                    startup_info = None  # default startupinfo
                 process = subprocess.Popen([
                     flac_converter,
                     "--stdout", "--totally-silent",  # put the resulting AIFF file in stdout, and make sure it's not mixed with any program output
                     "--decode", "--force-aiff-format",  # decode the FLAC file into an AIFF file
                     "-",  # the input FLAC file contents will be given in stdin
-                ], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+                ], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, startupinfo=startup_info)
                 aiff_data, stderr = process.communicate(flac_data)
                 aiff_file = io.BytesIO(aiff_data)
                 try:
@@ -412,12 +418,18 @@ def get_flac_data(self, convert_rate=None, convert_width=None):
         # run the FLAC converter with the WAV data to get the FLAC data
         wav_data = self.get_wav_data(convert_rate, convert_width)
         flac_converter = get_flac_converter()
+        if os.name == "nt":  # on Windows, specify that the process is to be started without showing a console window
+            startup_info = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
+            startup_info.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW  # specify that the wShowWindow field of `startup_info` contains a value
+            startup_info.wShowWindow = subprocess.SW_HIDE  # specify that the console window should be hidden
+        else:
+            startup_info = None  # default startupinfo
         process = subprocess.Popen([
             flac_converter,
             "--stdout", "--totally-silent",  # put the resulting FLAC file in stdout, and make sure it's not mixed with any program output
             "--best",  # highest level of compression available
             "-",  # the input FLAC file contents will be given in stdin
-        ], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        ], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, startupinfo=startup_info)
         flac_data, stderr = process.communicate(wav_data)
         return flac_data