Resolving version conflicts during the installation of Python SDK

When you install the yandex-speechkit package, the grpcio-tools version 1.46.3 is installed along with it. If you installed grpcio-tools before (e.g., when going through examples of working with the SpeechKit API), a conflict between the package versions may occur.

Check which version of grpcio-tools you have installed:

pip list | grep grpcio-tools

If the command output contains the grpcio-tools package and its version is higher than 1.46.3, create a virtual environment to avoid a version conflict. Or else, install the yandex-speechkit package with no virtual environment.

To deploy a virtual environment and install the package in it:

1. Create a directory for your Python SDK project and open it.

2. Create a virtual environment in this directory:

   python3 -m venv <environment_name>
   

   If you need to create an environment using a specific Python version, specify python<version> instead of python3, e.g., python3.9.

3. Activate the environment.

   source <environment_name>/bin/activate
   

   You will see the environment name before the input line in the terminal.

4. Install the yandex-speechkit package using the pip package manager:

   pip install yandex-speechkit
   

Continue working with the Python SDK in the deployed environment. When you are finished, exit the environment by running the deactivate command.