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@them0nk
them0nk / rspec_rails_cheetsheet.rb
Created March 23, 2012 03:39
Rspec Rails cheatsheet (include capybara matchers)
#Model
@user.should have(1).error_on(:username) # Checks whether there is an error in username
@user.errors[:username].should include("can't be blank") # check for the error message
#Rendering
response.should render_template(:index)
#Redirecting
response.should redirect_to(movies_path)
@alotaiba
alotaiba / google_speech2text.md
Created February 3, 2012 13:20
Google Speech To Text API

Google Speech To Text API

Base URL: https://www.google.com/speech-api/v1/recognize
It accepts POST requests with voice file encoded in FLAC format, and query parameters for control.

Query Parameters

client
The client's name you're connecting from. For spoofing purposes, let's use chromium

lang
Speech language, for example, ar-QA for Qatari Arabic, or en-US for U.S. English

@pachacamac
pachacamac / google_speech_recognition.rb
Created December 11, 2011 10:52
google speech recognition with ruby
require 'rest_client'
require 'json'
a = `sox -d --norm -t .flac - silence -l 1 0 1% 1 6.0 1% rate 16k`
#a = `arecord -q -d 3 -c 1 -f S16_LE -r 22050 -t wav | flac - -f --totally-silent -o-`
r = RestClient.post 'https://www.google.com/speech-api/v1/recognize?lang=en-US', a,
:content_type => 'audio/x-flac; rate=16000'
if j = JSON.parse(r)
(p j; `espeak 'you said: #{j['hypotheses'].first['utterance']}'`)
end
@butlermh
butlermh / wishlist.rb
Created June 16, 2011 19:29
Find out what books are available on your Amazon wishlist on Kindle
#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'open-uri'
require 'nokogiri'
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'amazon/aws/search'
include Amazon::AWS