From 7132d4bee729f688316aebfef7d53c55c838024f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ankit Aditya <43180246+AnksIndustries@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 00:08:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] update thread workers

works in windows and not tested in other environment

added sample rate and chunk size
added adjust_for_ambient_noise to remove noise
and it works
---
 examples/threaded_workers.py | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/threaded_workers.py b/examples/threaded_workers.py
index 82f2ef9b..2436e55d 100644
--- a/examples/threaded_workers.py
+++ b/examples/threaded_workers.py
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
 
 import speech_recognition as sr
 
+Sample_Rate = 48000
+Chunk_Size = 1024
 
 r = sr.Recognizer()
 audio_queue = Queue()
 
-
 def recognize_worker():
     # this runs in a background thread
     while True:
@@ -34,15 +35,17 @@ def recognize_worker():
 
         audio_queue.task_done()  # mark the audio processing job as completed in the queue
 
-
 # start a new thread to recognize audio, while this thread focuses on listening
 recognize_thread = Thread(target=recognize_worker)
 recognize_thread.daemon = True
 recognize_thread.start()
-with sr.Microphone() as source:
+with sr.Microphone(sample_rate=Sample_Rate,chunk_size=Chunk_Size) as source:
+    r.adjust_for_ambient_noise(source)
     try:
         while True:  # repeatedly listen for phrases and put the resulting audio on the audio processing job queue
+            print("Listening...")
             audio_queue.put(r.listen(source))
+            
     except KeyboardInterrupt:  # allow Ctrl + C to shut down the program
         pass