Uberi/speech_recognition

Could not recognize audio

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#376 opened on Sep 18, 2018

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Description

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))

showning error:

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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Pythonspeech recognition library
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40
Research direction
Investigate the network error at line 844 of init .py in the speech recognition library. The error 'Name or service not known' indicates a DNS resolution failure when trying to connect to Google's speech recognition API. Determine if the library should handle this error more gracefully, perhaps by catching the exception and providing a user friendly message or instructions to check network connectivity. Review existing comments and similar issues to see if there is a known fix or workaround.