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alotaiba / google_speech2text.md
Created February 3, 2012 13:20
Google Speech To Text API

Google Speech To Text API

Base URL: https://www.google.com/speech-api/v1/recognize
It accepts POST requests with voice file encoded in FLAC format, and query parameters for control.

Query Parameters

client
The client's name you're connecting from. For spoofing purposes, let's use chromium

lang
Speech language, for example, ar-QA for Qatari Arabic, or en-US for U.S. English

@Pretz
Pretz / generate.py
Created February 8, 2012 21:04
CSV to WAV: Needed a way to convert a list of numbers in a CSV file to a wave audio file. Go python.
#!/usr/bin/python
import wave
import numpy
import struct
import sys
import csv
from scikits.samplerate import resample
def write_wav(data, filename, framerate, amplitude):
@CristinaSolana
CristinaSolana / gist:1885435
Created February 22, 2012 14:56
Keeping a fork up to date

1. Clone your fork:

git clone [email protected]:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git

2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream
@kemo
kemo / .htaccess
Created March 30, 2012 14:46
Detect AJAX with .htaccess rewrite rule (mod_rewrite test)
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Requested-With} !=XMLHttpRequest
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-REQUESTED-WITH} !^(XMLHttpRequest)$
@jadonk
jadonk / epolltest.c
Created May 3, 2012 17:41
Quick test using epoll to wait on GPIO events
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/epoll.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
@luciferous
luciferous / kdf.js
Created May 23, 2012 00:31
Javascript implementation of the key derivation algorithm in RFC3711.
var crypto = require("crypto");
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active May 13, 2025 03:08
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
----------------------------------
L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD
@adamawolf
adamawolf / Apple_mobile_device_types.txt
Last active May 13, 2025 05:15
List of Apple's mobile device codes types a.k.a. machine ids (e.g. `iPhone1,1`, `Watch1,1`, etc.) and their matching product names
i386 : iPhone Simulator
x86_64 : iPhone Simulator
arm64 : iPhone Simulator
iPhone1,1 : iPhone
iPhone1,2 : iPhone 3G
iPhone2,1 : iPhone 3GS
iPhone3,1 : iPhone 4
iPhone3,2 : iPhone 4 GSM Rev A
iPhone3,3 : iPhone 4 CDMA
iPhone4,1 : iPhone 4S
// Written by Nick Gammon
// February 2011
/**
* Send arbitrary number of bits at whatever clock rate (tested at 500 KHZ and 500 HZ).
* This script will capture the SPI bytes, when a '\n' is recieved it will then output
* the captured byte stream via the serial.
*/
#include <SPI.h>
@aspyct
aspyct / signal.c
Last active February 19, 2024 11:24
Unix signal handling example in C, SIGINT, SIGALRM, SIGHUP...
/**
* More info?
* [email protected]
* http://aspyct.org
*
* Hope it helps :)
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>