BenHamm

import speech_recognition as sr
from text_to_speech import text_to_speech #a different module, but you can guess what it does
import pygame

pygame.mixer.init()

def capture_speech():
    r = sr.Recognizer()
    with sr.Microphone() as source:                # use the default microphone as the audio source
        pygame.mixer.Sound("open_mic.wav").play()  #play a prompt sound so that the user knows that they can speak

BenHamm

import speech_recognition as sr
import time
import sys
sys.stdout = open('/dev/null', 'w')
from text_to_speech import text_to_speech
import pygame
sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__

pygame.mixer.init()

BenHamm

import threading
import time

condition = threading.Condition()

def lock_door():
    global condition

    while True:
        print("Lock Thread: Door lock armed")