updated recording method

speech_in.py

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ def listen():
 	inputWords = ""
 	while (re.search('[a-zA-Z]', inputWords) is None):
 		#using subprocess to call the sox recording software with a configuration to trim silence from the recording and stop recording when the speaker has finished
-		subprocess.call(['rec rec.wav rate 32k silence 1 0.1 2% 1 1.0 2%'], shell=True)
+		#subprocess.call(['rec rec.wav rate 32k silence 1 0.1 2% 1 1.0 2%'], shell=True)
+		subprocess.call(['arecord --device=plughw:1,0 -d 6 -f cd -t wav rec.wav'], shell=True)
 		resp = None
 		#use the wit.ai class to interface with the API and send off the wav file from above for STT functions
 		with open('rec.wav', 'rb') as f: