Text to Speech & Listener for Virtual Assistants in Python

Virtual_Assistant.py

import speech_recognition as sr
import pyttsx3
import datetime

listener = sr.Recognizer()
engine = pyttsx3.init()
voices = engine.getProperty('voices')
engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id)
rate = engine.getProperty('rate')
engine.setProperty('rate', 150)

def talk(text):
    engine.say(text)
    engine.runAndWait()


def take_command():
    r = sr.Recognizer()
    with sr.Microphone() as source:
        print("Listening...")
        r.pause_threshold = 1
        audio = r.listen(source)
    try:
        print("Recognizing...")
        command = r.recognize_google(audio, language='en-in')
        print(f"User said: {command}\n")

    except Exception as e:

        print("Say that again please...")
        return "None"
    return command
if __name__ == "__main__":

    while True:

        command = take_command().lower()
        
        if 'time' in command:
            time = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%I:%M %p')
            talk('Current time is ' + time)
        elif 'stop' in command:
            break
        else:
            talk('Please say the command again.')