Uberi/speech_recognition

Could not recognize audio

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#376 opened on Sep 18, 2018

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import speech_recognition as sr r = sr.Recognizer() harvard = sr.AudioFile('jackhammer.wav') with harvard as source: r.adjust_for_ambient_noise(source) audio = r.record(source) type(audio) print(r.recognize_google(audio))

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File "/home/anil/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speech_recognition/init.py", line 844, in recognize_google raise RequestError("recognition connection failed: {}".format(e.reason)) speech_recognition.RequestError: recognition connection failed: [Errno -2] Name or service not known

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Check DNS resolution and network connectivity to Google's speech recognition API. Ensure the system can resolve 'www.google.com' and that no firewall or proxy is blocking the request.
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