ERROR: Could not build wheels for pyaudio, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

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As an AI language model, I cannot access your system or perform installations on it. However, I can provide some troubleshooting steps that might help you resolve this issue:

  • Make sure you have the latest version of pip and setuptools installed on your system. You can upgrade them with the following commands:

    python -m pip install --upgrade pip
    python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
    
  • Install the required dependencies for PyAudio, which depend on your operating system:

    For Windows: 
    python -m pip install pipwin
    python -m pipwin install pyaudio
    
    For macOS:
    brew install portaudio
    python -m pip install pyaudio
    
    For Linux (Ubuntu/Debian):
    sudo apt-get install python-pyaudio python3-pyaudio
    
  • If the above steps did not work, try installing PyAudio from the source:

    git clone https://github.com/jeysonmc/python-google-speech-scripts.git
    cd python-google-speech-scripts/requirements
    python -m pip install wheel
    python -m pip install -r linux.txt # or win32.txt for Windows or osx.txt for macOS
    python -m pip install PyAudio
    
  • If you still encounter the same error, try using a virtual environment to isolate your Python environment from the system libraries.

I hope the above steps help you resolve the wheel building error for PyAudio.