Cannot use PyAudio in MacOS M1.

[Nuna7]

Hi, I have been trying to use SpeechRecognition module. Here is my code

import speech_recognition as sr

def real_time_speech_recognition():
    recognizer = sr.Recognizer()

    with sr.Microphone() as source:
        print("Say something or press 'q' to end.")

However, it keep on outputting the same error :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/nuntea/Documents/Vasundhara Geo technology/Voice recognition and NER/Real Time Speech recogntiion/RTSR.py", line 11, in <module>
    real_time_speech_recognition()
  File "/Users/nuntea/Documents/Vasundhara Geo technology/Voice recognition and NER/Real Time Speech recogntiion/RTSR.py", line 7, in real_time_speech_recognition
    with sr.Microphone() as source:
  File "/Users/nuntea/Documents/Vasundhara Geo technology/Voice recognition and NER/Real Time Speech recogntiion/myenv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/speech_recognition/__init__.py", line 80, in __init__
    self.pyaudio_module = self.get_pyaudio()
  File "/Users/nuntea/Documents/Vasundhara Geo technology/Voice recognition and NER/Real Time Speech recogntiion/myenv/lib/python3.9/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

However, I have already install PyAudio.

(myenv) nuntea@Zonunmawias-MacBook-Air Real Time Speech recogntiion % pip list
Package                                           Version
------------------------------------------------- ----------
certifi                                           2023.11.17
charset-normalizer                                3.3.2
idna                                              3.4
keyboard                                          0.13.5
pip                                               23.3.1
PyAudio                                           0.2.14

requests                                          2.31.0
setuptools                                        69.0.0
SpeechRecognition                                 3.10.0
urllib3                                           2.1.0
wheel                                             0.41.3

I have tried different method mention in stackoverflow and other resources but couldn't fixed it :

(myenv) nuntea@Zonunmawias-MacBook-Air Real Time Speech recogntiion % xcode-select --install
xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" in System Settings to install updates

(myenv) nuntea@Zonunmawias-MacBook-Air Real Time Speech recogntiion % brew install portaudio
Warning: portaudio 19.7.0 is already installed and up-to-date.
To reinstall 19.7.0, run:
  brew reinstall portaudio

(myenv) nuntea@Zonunmawias-MacBook-Air Real Time Speech recogntiion % pip3 install pyaudio
Requirement already satisfied: pyaudio in ./myenv/lib/python3.9/site-packages (0.2.14)

Please help.

[UninspiredCarrot]

Hi @Nuna7, I came across the same issue when I first used this library on my M1 Mac too, although I installed PyAudio the way it is described in the README. Below is the part in the docs I did to fix it, let me know if the issue still continues:

• On OS X, install PortAudio using Homebrew <http://brew.sh/>: brew install portaudio. Then, install PyAudio using Pip <https://pip.readthedocs.org/>: pip install pyaudio.

[cclauss]

Works just fine for me on my M1 Mac after brew install portaudio