Python, Speech Recognition stuck at 'Listening...'

Question

The code is stuck at listening ( audio=r.listen(source) line) and doesn't go beyond it. No error messages or anything else.

My code:

import speech_recognition as sr

def takeCommand():
    '''
    It takes user's voice as input
    '''
    r=sr.Recognizer()
    with sr.Microphone() as source:
        print("Listening...")
        r.pause_threshold = 1
        audio=r.listen(source)

try:
    print("Recognizing...")
    query = r.recognize_google(audio, language="en-in")
    print(f"Recognized Command: {query}")

except Exception as e:
    print(e)
    print("I didn't recognize what you said please repeat")
    return "None"

return query


takeCommand()

Please debug your code and find which line is the problem. If you don't have a debugger, simply insert a print("XYZ") after lines r.pause_threshold = 1 and audio=r.listen(source) to detect the line. — AmirSina Mashayekh
Any code below this line isn't executing. "audio=r.listen(source)". — Vinay Kumar
Your question isn't a good question (bad title, bad text, ...). Please have a look at help to learn how to ask good questions. — AmirSina Mashayekh
Thanks a lot for your suggestion, I'll surely work on it and try to improve. Being new to this platform my question may sound bad, but my problem is real. — Vinay Kumar

yabberth yabberth · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-18T13:00:03

I just checked the link you posted in the comment.

There is this code:

with mic as source:
    audio = r.listen(source)

If this code does not work, one reason could be that the microphone picks up too much ambient noise.

The solution may be

with mic as source:
    r.adjust_for_ambient_noise(source)
    audio = r.listen(source)

Python, Speech Recognition stuck at 'Listening...'

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