Giters

alexa-pi / AlexaChipDEPRECATED

DEPRECATED - Use https://github.com/alexa-pi/AlexaPi instead ... Code to turn a CHIP into an Alexa Client

Home Page:https://github.com/alexa-pi/AlexaPi

Geek Repo:Geek Repo

Github PK Tool:Github PK Tool

Help wanted. Use of USB mic numb & the TRRS jack for audio output...

al-jimenez opened this issue · comments

commented

I am getting the below error. I am using a USB microphone numb and the TRRS jack for audio output. I would prefer not to modify and score the CHIP board. Is there a way of not getting this error if you DON'T modify the board?

NOTE: I have audio capture working and audio output working with arecord / aplay; Just get this error when I run python main.py:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 127, in
with wave.open('beep.wav', 'rb') as f:
AttributeError: Wave_read instance has no attribute 'exit'

I am using a USB: C-Media Electronics, Inc. CM108 Audio Controller (Kinobo - USB 2.0 Mini Microphone "Makio" Mic from Amazon)

commented

@al-jimenez I had that issue as well. I was able to get things working by running the main.py script in python3 and installing related python3/pip3 dependencies. Here are some thoughts:

  1. edit your main.py script based on this github code from jitto:
    jitto@0604ac3
  2. apt-get install python3-pip
  3. pip3 install python3-memcached
  4. pip3 install pyalsaudio
  5. edit your /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf file so that "pcm.front cards.pcm.front" is renamed "pcm.front cards.pcm.default"
  6. reboot
  7. run the setup_gpio.sh script at startup
  8. run python3 main.py

Reference the CHIP forum below for more details. I'm actually using the header pin MIC rather than USB mic so your implementation might be a little different.
https://bbs.nextthing.co/t/turning-the-chip-into-an-amazon-echo/1630/29

commented

@1elbaz I got stuck at step 4. pip3 install pyalsaudio until I realize that this was a typo (after Googling). It should be:

  1. pip3 install pyalsaaudio
commented

This project is now deprecated in favor of the new AlexaPi (https://github.com/alexa-pi/AlexaPi) which has all the features of this project and much more, such as:

  • support for a wide range of devices and platforms (Raspberry Pi, CHIP, Orange Pi, desktops, Magic Mirror and others)
  • voice activation (great PocketSphinx support and snowboy support soon to be released)
  • much more robust installation and configuration
  • better security
  • Arch Linux support
  • awesome documentation
  • and much, much more! You get it - it's just awesome.

Please switch over to the new project and if your issue persists there, file an issue in the new repo's issue tracker. Thank you.