AttributeError: Could not find PyAudio; check installation Raspberry Pi 3

[aaroncheung123]

I am currently trying to get speech recognition to work on my raspberry pi 3 however this is the error that I am getting.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "listen.py", line 8, in <module> with sr.Microphone() as source: File "/home/pi/Documents/Test/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speech_recognition/__init__.py", line 79, in __init__ self.pyaudio_module = self.get_pyaudio() File "/home/pi/Documents/Test/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/speech_recognition/__init__.py", line 110, in get_pyaudio raise AttributeError("Could not find PyAudio; check installation") AttributeError: Could not find PyAudio; check installation

My issue is almost exactly the same as sanster9292 who opened a ticket on June 2, 2017. I tried everything that you asked him to; however, I am still getting the error above. Please, let me know if you need more information. Do you have any idea how to get this to work on my raspberry pi 3?

[jhoelzl]

Try in terminal in your project / virtual environment:

python -i
import pyaudio

Do you also get an error?

[aaroncheung123]

Yes I do. Below is the error I got.

>>> import pyaudio Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named pyaudio

[jhoelzl]

Okay, then please install pyaudio using:

pip install pyaudio

[aaroncheung123]

That's my problem. I have done pip install pyaudio but it is still giving me that error. I'm using a virtual environment, I'm using python 2.7, and I am on a raspberry pi 3.

[jhoelzl]

Do you get an error when installing pyaudio?

[aaroncheung123]

No, there are no errors. I just and pyaudio does import when I pull up python. I think the restart helped.

[aaroncheung123]

When I run this code

import speech_recognition as sr

r = sr.Recognizer()
with sr.Microphone() as source:
    print("Waiting to be called on")
    audio = r.listen(source)
try:
    #print(r.recognize_google(audio))

    if "hey buddy" in r.recognize_google(audio):
        print('Yay')

except sr.UnknownValueError:
    print("Could not understand audio")
except sr.RequestError as e:
    print("Could not request results; {0}".format(e))

This is the error I receive.

ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:618:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.bluealsa.device'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:4996:(snd_config_expand) Args evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM bluealsa
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.bluealsa.device'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:4996:(snd_config_expand) Args evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM bluealsa
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:618:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
connect(2) call to /tmp/jack-1000/default/jack_0 failed (err=No such file or directory)
attempt to connect to server failed
Waiting to be called on

When I speak into the microphone it just doesn't work. I know the microphone is working too.

[WhiteDevil02]

dear sir my error is same import pyaudio

please help me

[ScrappyCocoJamba]

hello guys, I have some problem too

anyone solved this problem?

ubuntu 19.10

[sourabh-st]

i got this problem while installing pyaudio.

[sandesh2526]

i got this problem while installing pyaudio.

I got same problem while installing it on pydroid...if it appears on windows you can fix it using pip install pipwin pipwin install pyaudio

[ritujashinde97]

pip install pipwin pipwin install pyaudio

It worked for me (windows)

[Jayant-tembhurkar]

Not working in window

[maansiii]

yes its not working for me either (Windows) although i updated python

[sandesh2526]

What error it shows?

[maansiii]

This

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[sandesh2526]

pip install pipwin pipwin install pyaudio

After executing this commands what it shows?

[maansiii]

It shows that pipwin is external and is non recognised I tried

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[maansiii]

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It shows that pipwin is external and is non recognised I tried

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pip install pipwin pipwin install pyaudio

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[sandesh2526]

Can you share a screenshot of error...?

[maansiii]

pipwin error

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[sandesh2526]

What are you using IDE or command prompt?

[maansiii]

cmd also im using windows

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[sandesh2526]

This might work- install PyAudio‑0.2.11‑cp37‑cp37m‑win_amd64.whl

[maansiii]

not working

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[Jayant-tembhurkar]

Use python version 3.6 not above than that

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[maansiii]

But why is this issue happening in latest version of python?

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Use python version 3.6 not above than that

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[Sudarshan-17]

i got this problem while installing pyaudio.

I got same problem while installing it on pydroid...if it appears on windows you can fix it using pip install pipwin pipwin install pyaudio

Not working .....

[jit01]

When It comes to listing part it was saying

ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1052:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1052:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave```

and code was 
 with sr.Microphone() as source:
        print("Listening")
        audio = re.listen(source)

I solved this problem by simply changing the listen() parameter, and installed some pkg 

sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev 
sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev python-all-dev python3-all-dev && sudo pip install pyaudio
pip install pyaudio

with sr.Microphone() as source:
        print("Listening")
        audio = re.listen(source, timeout=3, phrase_time_limit=3)

[parthgandhi487]

I installed pip install pipwin and then when i tried installing pipwin install pyaudio, it is showing syntax error as below :

File "", line 1 pip install pipwin ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[parthgandhi487]

Please help me on this

[gursevakgill23]

pip install pipwin pipwin install PyAudio Try this ommand in cmd not in any IDE

[TuHechiceroFavorito]

I'm using Linux and for me this command on terminal worked:

sudo apt install python3-pyaudio

[Im-Fran]

If someone still having this issue after installing python3-pyaudio this is how I solved it:

1. Execute this: sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev python3-pyaudio
2. Now install pyaudio through pip: pip install pyaudio
3. Now you should be able to use pyaudio!

This is for linux, tested in popOS (should work in ubuntu and other linux distrubtions too)