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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Debian GNU/Linux 11 bullseye How to convert mp3 audio files to text

Debian GNU/Linux 11 bullseye How to convert mp3 audio files to text

(Based on this Answer: Ubuntu – Convert speech (mp3 audio files) to text https://itectec.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-convert-speech-mp3-audio-files-to-text/ )

Hi friends, I was looking for a solution to extract audio to text files. Bases in this Answer from itectec.com I resolved my problem.

This original solution is based on Ubuntu, but I tested on Debian 11 Bullseye and it worked.

Steps: (This steps are Similar to the original Tutorial).


First convert your existing audio file to the mandatory input format: ffmpeg -i 1.mp3 -ar 16000 -ac 1 1.wav


After run pocketsphinx pocketsphinx_continuous -infile 1.wav 2> pocketsphinx.log > myspeech.txt


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

You would need to install the above programs using this command: 
sudo apt install pocketsphinx pocketsphinx-en-us ffmpeg 


References

Ubuntu – Convert speech (mp3 audio files) to text
https://itectec.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-convert-speech-mp3-audio-files-to-text/

Debian GNU/Linux www.debian.org

I hope it help. It worked for me.

See you next.

Danny