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rupertbj
rupertbj

Reputation: 113

Unable to successfully get a return from a function in python

I'm trying to return a value (spoken audio is successfully transcribed) from the following function:

def takeCommand():
    model = Model("model")
    rec = KaldiRecognizer(model, 16000)

    p = pyaudio.PyAudio()
    stream = p.open(format=pyaudio.paInt16, channels=1, rate=16000, input=True, frames_per_buffer=8000)
    stream.start_stream()

    while True:
        data = stream.read(4000, exception_on_overflow=False)
        if len(data) == 0:
            break
        if rec.AcceptWaveform(data):
            x=json.loads(rec.Result())
            print(x["text"])
            statement = print(x["text"])
            return statement
            
        else:
            #print(rec.PartialResult())
            pass
    
    #print(rec.FinalResult())

I can successfully see the text being transcribed through

print(x["text"])

However, return is giving me a NoneType error, as follows:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "jarvis_vosk.py", line 116, in <module>
    if "thank you" in statement or "ok bye" in statement or "stop" in statement:
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

So the function takeCommand() is empty and I can't understand why the return value isn't being passed on?

Your assistance it greatly appreciated!!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 163

Answers (2)

rupertbj
rupertbj

Reputation: 113

Solved it... i just needed to change

statement = print(x["text"])

to take account of the statement being a string.... and not just printing it:

statement = str(x["text"])

Upvotes: 1

Arseniy
Arseniy

Reputation: 690

Here is the problem:

statement = print(x["text"])
return statement

You can try this :)

statement = x["text"]
return statement

Or just

return x["text"]

Upvotes: 2

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