title: AttributeError: Could not find PyAudio; check installation...can't use speech Recognition
body: <p>I'm trying to make a basic speech Recognition assistant. When I run the code, it tells me:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\Users\Mo.haytham\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\speech_recognition\__init__.py", line 108, in get_pyaudio
      import pyaudio
  ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyaudio'
  
  During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:/Users/Mo.haytham/.PyCharmCE2018.3/config/scratches/ALPHA_BASIC.py", line 22, in &lt;module&gt;
      hear()
    File "C:/Users/Mo.haytham/.PyCharmCE2018.3/config/scratches/ALPHA_BASIC.py", line 13, in hear
      with sr.Microphone() as sourse:
    File "C:\Users\Mo.haytham\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\speech_recognition\__init__.py", line 79, in __init__
      self.pyaudio_module = self.get_pyaudio()
    File "C:\Users\Mo.haytham\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\speech_recognition\__init__.py", line 110, in get_pyaudio
      raise AttributeError("Could not find PyAudio; check installation")
  AttributeError: Could not find PyAudio; check installation 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried to <code>pip install pyaudio</code> but then this error shows up:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Running setup.py clean for pyaudio
  Failed to build pyaudio
  Installing collected packages: pyaudio
    Running setup.py install for pyaudio ... error
      ERROR: Complete output from command 'c:\users\mo.haytham\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\python.exe' -u -c 'import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\MO2D8C~1.HAY\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-o2
  10x3zl\\pyaudio\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\MO2
  D8C~1.HAY\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-hr7kket1\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
      ERROR: running install
      running build
      running build_py
      creating build
      creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7
      copying src\pyaudio.py -&gt; build\lib.win-amd64-3.7
      running build_ext
      building '_portaudio' extension
      error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
      ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Command "'c:\users\mo.haytham\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\python.exe' -u -c 'import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\MO2D8C~1.HAY\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-o210x3zl\\pyaudio\\setup.p
  y'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\MO2D8C~1.HAY\AppData\Local\
  Temp\pip-record-hr7kket1\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\MO2D8C~1.HAY\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-o210x3zl\pyaudio\
  </code></pre>
  
  <pre><code>def hear():
      import speech_recognition as sr
      ear = sr.Recognizer()
      with sr.Microphone() as sourse:
          print("listening...")
          audio = ear.listen(sourse)
          try:
              text = ear.recognize_google(audio)
              print(text)
          except:
              print("i didn't get that...")
  
  hear()
  </code></pre>