Octopus - Python Quick Start

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pip3 install pvoctopus

Create an instance of the engine and index an audio file by passing in the absolute path to the file:

import pvoctopus

octopus = pvoctopus.create(access_key='${ACCESS_KEY}')
metadata = octopus.index_audio_file("${AUDIO_FILE_PATH}")

Search audio using the generated metadata object:

matches = octopus.search(["gorilla", "terminator"])

Free resources used by Octopus:

octopus.delete();

For the Octopus Python SDK, we offer demo applications that demonstrate how to use the Speech-to-Index engine on audio files.

pip3 install pvoctopusdemo

This package installs command-line utilities for the Octopus Python demos.

Use the --help flag to see the usage options for the demo:

octopus_demo_file --help

Run the following command to transcribe an audio file:

octopus_demo_file --access_key ${ACCESS_KEY} \
                  --audio_paths ${AUDIO_PATH1} ${AUDIO_PATH2} ...

For more information on our Octopus demos for Python, head over to our GitHub repository.