mksttvenv

#!/bin/bash
#
# mksttvenv - make a virtual environment for speech to text (STT)
#
function makeVenv
 {
  set -e
  IP=$(hostname -I | cut -d' ' -f1)
  if [ ! -d $HOME ]; then 
    echo "No home directory found at $HOME"
    exit 1
  fi
   
  theVenv="$HOME/stt_venv"
  if [ -d $theVenv ]; then                   # the virtual environment exists
    echo "Virtual environment alread exists - to delete it run:"
    echo "rm -fr $theVenv"
    exit 1
  fi
  cd $HOME
  
  echo "Installing coreqs for a virtual environment..."
  sudo apt-get install -y python3.11-venv
  sudo apt-get install -y python3.11-dev
  sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
  sudo apt-get install -y portaudio19-dev
  
  echo "Creating virtual environment at $theVenv"
  python3.11 -m venv $theVenv 
  source $theVenv/bin/activate
  local pipCmd="$theVenv/bin/pip"
  
  echo "Installing STT requirements"
  pip install --upgrade pip wheel
  pip install git+https://github.com/openai/whisper.git
  pip install whisper 
  pip install numpy 
  pip install pyaudio 
 }

# main 
makeVenv