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+.. _STTTGTS:
+
+==================================
+Speech To Text To Gemini To Speech
+==================================
+
+*2024 Feb 8*
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+   <video controls style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 1 / 1;">
+       <source src="/_static/jeff.mp4" type="video/mp4"/>
+   </video>
+
+.. code-block:: py
+
+   import os
+   import random
+   import subprocess
+   import threading
+   import time
+   
+   import dotenv
+   import gpiozero
+   from google.cloud import speech
+   import google.generativeai as gemini
+   
+   os.environ['GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS'] = '/home/bookworm/service-account.json'
+   env = dotenv.dotenv_values('.env')
+   gemini.configure(api_key=env['GEMINI_API_KEY'])
+   model = gemini.GenerativeModel('gemini-pro')
+   
+   # https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/physical-computing/5
+   button = gpiozero.Button(2)
+   audio_file = 'user.flac'
+   led = gpiozero.RGBLED(16, 20, 21)
+   
+   # https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cloud-speech-text-python3#3
+   def speech_to_text():
+       client = speech.SpeechClient()
+       # https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/sync-recognize
+       with open(audio_file, 'rb') as f:
+           content = f.read()
+       config = speech.RecognitionConfig(
+           language_code='en',
+           encoding=speech.RecognitionConfig.AudioEncoding.FLAC,
+           sample_rate_hertz=48000,
+           audio_channel_count=2
+       )
+       audio = speech.RecognitionAudio(content=content)
+       response = client.recognize(config=config, audio=audio)
+       transcript = ''
+       for result in response.results:
+           transcript += result.alternatives[0].transcript
+       return transcript
+       # print(response)
+       # best_response = response.alternatives[0]
+       # print(best_response)
+   
+   def record():
+       led.on()
+       led.color = (1, 0, 0)
+       # start the audio recording
+       process = subprocess.Popen(['rec', audio_file, 'rate', '48k'])
+       # https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/57593/79351
+       while not stop_recording.is_set():
+           # wait for it to end...
+           time.sleep(1)
+       process.terminate()
+       led.off()
+   
+   def thinky_blinky():
+       """blink like an octopus dreaming... https://youtu.be/0vKCLJZbytU"""
+       colors = [
+           (0, 0, 0),
+           (1, 0, 0),
+           (1, 1, 0),
+           (1, 0, 1),
+           (0, 1, 0),
+           (0, 1, 1),
+           (1, 1, 1)
+       ]
+       led.on()
+       while not stop_blinking.is_set():
+           led.color = random.choice(colors)
+           time.sleep(0.1)
+       led.off()
+   
+   while True:
+       button.wait_for_press()
+       stop_recording = threading.Event()
+       thread = threading.Thread(target=record)
+       thread.start()
+       button.wait_for_release()
+       stop_recording.set()
+       thread.join()
+       stop_blinking = threading.Event()
+       thread2 = threading.Thread(target=thinky_blinky)
+       thread2.start()
+       # time.sleep(1)
+       # subprocess.run(['play', '-v', '3.0', audio_file])
+       text = speech_to_text()
+       print(text)
+       response = model.generate_content(text)
+       print(response.text)
+       stop_blinking.set()
+       thread2.join()
+       led.on()
+       led.color = (0, 0.2, 1)
+       p = subprocess.Popen(['spd-say', '--wait', '--volume', '+100', f'"{response.text}"'])
+       while p.poll() is None:
+           time.sleep(1)
+       led.off()
diff --git a/blog/index.rst b/blog/index.rst
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--- a/blog/index.rst
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@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ Read yourself a thing on this here weblog
    littlebraincell
    systems
    systemantics
+   STTTGTS
diff --git a/index.rst b/index.rst
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--- a/index.rst
+++ b/index.rst
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ Adventures in {hard,soft,wet}ware by `Kayce Basques <https://kayce.basqu.es>`_
 
 Read yourself a thing on the :ref:`blog`
 
-My one-and-only OKR for this site is to get progressively unhinged at a rate of
-6% per annum --- so if you check back in 2033 you should hopefully see a 79%
-increase in unhinged content over the 2023 baseline
-
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
    :hidden: