{"id":8969,"date":"2021-12-08T17:08:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=8969"},"modified":"2021-12-08T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:08:19","slug":"converting-speech-to-text-in-10-minutes-with-python-and-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2021\/12\/08\/converting-speech-to-text-in-10-minutes-with-python-and-watson\/","title":{"rendered":"Converting Speech to Text in 10 Minutes with Python and Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, it’s not free-as-in-freedom, but someone nevertheless could find it useful…<\/p>\n

Converting Speech to Text in 10 Minutes with Python and Watson<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n

Social network for developers to discuss topics about bugs and issues, write and share knowledge and connect with millions of developers worldwide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Don\u2019t waste your time doing this by hand, you can speed up this process using Watson Speech to Text and Python. In just ten minutes you can have your own speech to text model converting audio files to text. That way you can get the boring stuff out of the way a whole lot faster.<\/p>\n

In this video you\u2019ll learn how to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Set up the Watson Speech to Text Service<\/li>\n
  2. Convert Speech to Text using Python and the Watson API<\/li>\n
  3. Changing language models to suit your accent or language<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Github Repo for the Project: https:\/\/github.com\/nicknochnack\/WatsonSTT<\/a><\/p>\n

    Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHXa4OpASJEwrHrLeIzw7Yg<\/a><\/p>\n

    Here’s the entire content of the “Watson Speech to Text.ipynb” file:<\/p>\n

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Setup STT Service\"\n   ]\n  },\n  {\n   \"cell_type\": \"code\",\n   \"execution_count\": 11,\n   \"metadata\": {},\n   \"outputs\": [],\n   \"source\": [\n    \"apikey = 'API KEY'\\n\",\n    \"url = 'URL'\"\n   ]\n  },\n  {\n   \"cell_type\": \"code\",\n   \"execution_count\": 12,\n   \"metadata\": {},\n   \"outputs\": [],\n   \"source\": [\n    \"# Setup Service\\n\",\n    \"authenticator = IAMAuthenticator(apikey)\\n\",\n    \"stt = SpeechToTextV1(authenticator=authenticator)\\n\",\n    \"stt.set_service_url(url)\"\n   ]\n  },\n  {\n   \"cell_type\": \"markdown\",\n   \"metadata\": {},\n   \"source\": [\n    \"## 2. 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