microphoneTest.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import speech_recognition as sr

# obtain audio from the microphone
r = sr.Recognizer()

with sr.Microphone() as source:
    for x in range (4):
        print("Say something!" + str(x))
        audio = r.listen(source)


# 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))