There was an issue with the indentation and item["text"] was not defined outside of the for loop using the wrong indentation.
Reproduction steps
Source: [Creating a voice assistant](https://huggingface.co/learn/audio-course/chapter7/voice-assistant#synthesise-speech)
```python
from transformers import pipeline
import torch
device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
transcriber = pipeline(
"automatic-speech-recognition", model="openai/whisper-base.en", device=device
)
import sys
from transformers.pipelines.audio_utils import ffmpeg_microphone_live
def transcribe(chunk_length_s=5.0, stream_chunk_s=1.0):
sampling_rate = transcriber.feature_extractor.sampling_rate
mic = ffmpeg_microphone_live(
sampling_rate=sampling_rate,
chunk_length_s=chunk_length_s,
stream_chunk_s=stream_chunk_s,
)
print("Start speaking...")
for item in transcriber(mic, generate_kwargs={"max_new_tokens": 128}):
sys.stdout.write("\033[K")
print(item["text"], end="\r")
if not item["partial"][0]:
break
return item["text"]
transcribe()
```
Error logs
```sh
ALSA lib confmisc.c:855:(parse_card) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:5178:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_inum returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:422:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:5178:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1334:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:5178:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5701:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2664:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
UnboundLocalError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[8], line 1
----> 1 transcribe()
Cell In[7], line 22, in transcribe(chunk_length_s, stream_chunk_s)
19 if not item["partial"][0]:
20 break
---> 22 return item["text"]
UnboundLocalError: cannot access local variable 'item' where it is not associated with a value
```
There was an issue with the indentation and
item["text"]was not defined outside of theforloop using the wrong indentation.Reproduction steps
Source: [Creating a voice assistant](https://huggingface.co/learn/audio-course/chapter7/voice-assistant#synthesise-speech) ```python from transformers import pipeline import torch device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu") transcriber = pipeline( "automatic-speech-recognition", model="openai/whisper-base.en", device=device ) import sys from transformers.pipelines.audio_utils import ffmpeg_microphone_live def transcribe(chunk_length_s=5.0, stream_chunk_s=1.0): sampling_rate = transcriber.feature_extractor.sampling_rate mic = ffmpeg_microphone_live( sampling_rate=sampling_rate, chunk_length_s=chunk_length_s, stream_chunk_s=stream_chunk_s, ) print("Start speaking...") for item in transcriber(mic, generate_kwargs={"max_new_tokens": 128}): sys.stdout.write("\033[K") print(item["text"], end="\r") if not item["partial"][0]: break return item["text"] transcribe() ```
Error logs
```sh ALSA lib confmisc.c:855:(parse_card) cannot find card '0' ALSA lib conf.c:5178:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_inum returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib confmisc.c:422:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings ALSA lib conf.c:5178:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib confmisc.c:1334:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name ALSA lib conf.c:5178:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5701:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2664:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default --------------------------------------------------------------------------- UnboundLocalError Traceback (most recent call last) Cell In[8], line 1 ----> 1 transcribe() Cell In[7], line 22, in transcribe(chunk_length_s, stream_chunk_s) 19 if not item["partial"][0]: 20 break ---> 22 return item["text"] UnboundLocalError: cannot access local variable 'item' where it is not associated with a value ```