recognise.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Requires PyAudio and PySpeech.

import speech_recognition as sr
from google_speech import Speech

# Record Audio
r = sr.Recognizer()
with sr.Microphone() as source:
    print("Say something!")
    audio = r.listen(source)

# Speech recognition 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)`
    speak = r.recognize_google(audio)
    print("You said: " + speak)
    speech = Speech(speak, lang="en")
    sox_effects = ("speed", "1")
    speech.play(sox_effects)

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))