Speech-to-Text Service with Flask

Introduction

This is a simple Flask application that provides a speech-to-text (STT) service using the Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API. Users can upload audio files, and the application will transcribe the speech in the files into text.

Prerequisites

Before running this application, make sure you have the following:

• Python 3.10 installed on your system
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account with Cloud Speech-to-Text API enabled
• Service account key file (JSON format) with necessary permissions for accessing Cloud Speech-to-Text API and Cloud Storage
• Docker installed on your system (optional)

Installation

1. Clone this repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/chinghao-tw/simple-flask-google-stt.git
cd simple-flask-google-stt
pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

1. Set up the service account key file:
   Place your Google service account key file (JSON format) in the project directory with the name gcp-service-account.json.

2. Set the environment variables:
   In app.py, replace your-bucket-name with the name of your Google Cloud Storage bucket.

Usage

Run the Flask application using the following command:

python app.py

The application will start and listen on port 8080 by default. You can access the application at http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

Docker

Alternatively, you can run the application using Docker. Build the Docker image using the following command:

docker build -t your-app-name .

Then run the Docker container:

docker run -p 8080:8080 your-app-name

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.