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Samo
Asked: 2016-10-16 02:50:13 +0800 CST

Convert speech (mp3 audio files) to text

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I am looking for simple converter from mp3 to txt. I have tried, without success: julius, CMU Sphinx, ... In the past 4 hours I did not find a way how to use them (or properly install them).

What I am looking for is something like:

$ converterapp -infile myspeech.mp3 -outfile myspeech.txt

I am also fine with GUI application since I only have a few files to convert and can click around.

Edit: With the help of this answer Speech-recognition app to convert MP3 to text? I manged to get it working but it produces no output. Well, actually it produces a couple of blank lines (no words detected)...

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2 Answers

  1. pocketsphinx will do speech to text from an existing audio file. Depending on the initial format of the mp3, you may need two separate commands.

    First convert your existing audio file to the mandatory input format:

        ffmpeg -i file.mp3 -ar 16000 -ac 1 file.wav

    The run pocketsphinx

        pocketsphinx_continuous -infile file.wav 2> pocketsphinx.log > myspeech.txt

    the created file myspeech.txt will have what you're looking for.

    In case you are new to ubuntu, you would need to install the above programs using this command:

        sudo apt install pocketsphinx pocketsphinx-en-us ffmpeg
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  2. Mozilla SpeechDeep opensource speech-to-text tool will do. You will need to install the application on your linux desktop. Or you can try Transcribear a browser based speech-to-text tool that does not require installation, but you will need to be connected online to upload the recording to the server.

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