Uberi/speech_recognition

AttributeError: Could not find PyAudio; check installation Raspberry Pi 3

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#326 opened on Feb 15, 2018

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I am currently trying to get speech recognition to work on my raspberry pi 3 however this is the error that I am getting.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "listen.py", line 8, in <module> with sr.Microphone() as source: File "/home/pi/Documents/Test/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speech_recognition/__init__.py", line 79, in __init__ self.pyaudio_module = self.get_pyaudio() File "/home/pi/Documents/Test/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speech_recognition/__init__.py", line 110, in get_pyaudio raise AttributeError("Could not find PyAudio; check installation") AttributeError: Could not find PyAudio; check installation

My issue is almost exactly the same as sanster9292 who opened a ticket on June 2, 2017. I tried everything that you asked him to; however, I am still getting the error above. Please, let me know if you need more information. Do you have any idea how to get this to work on my raspberry pi 3?

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Python 2.7Raspberry Pi OS
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Research direction
The error occurs in speech recognition/ init .py at lines 79 and 110, where PyAudio is imported. The issue likely stems from missing portaudio development libraries or incorrect PyAudio installation for ARM architecture. Review comments for potential solutions, especially those mentioning 'apt get install portaudio19 dev' or compiling from source.