Simple functions for python3 text-to-speech and speech-to-text

gistfile1.py

#stolen examples from public documentation for TTS and STT.
#install everything with:
# brew install portaudio
# pip3 install PyAudio
# pip3 install speechrecognition
# pip3 install pyttsx3

def text_to_speech(text, rate=225):
    import pyttsx3
    engine = pyttsx3.init()
    engine.setProperty('rate', rate)
    engine.say(text)
    engine.runAndWait()

def speech_to_text(mic_index=2):
    import speech_recognition as sr
    # obtain audio from the microphone
    r = sr.Recognizer()
    with sr.Microphone(device_index=mic_index) as source:
        r.adjust_for_ambient_noise(source)
        print("Speak Now.")
        audio = r.listen(source)
        print('Recognizing...')
    try:
        # for testing purposes, we're just using the default API key
        # to use another API key, use `r.recognize_google(audio, key="GOOGLE_SPEECH_RECOGNITION_API_KEY")`
        # instead of `r.recognize_google(audio)`
        print(r.recognize_google(audio))
    except sr.UnknownValueError:
        print("Google Speech Recognition could not understand audio")
    except sr.RequestError as e:
        print("Could not request results from Google Speech Recognition service; {0}".format(e))