Added '-m --microphone' flag to let the user pick a mic other than the system default

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index a4a47d7..b88048d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #Blather
-Blather is a speech recognizer that will run commands when a user speaks preset sentences. 
+Blather is a speech recognizer that will run commands when a user speaks preset sentences.
 
 ##Requirements
-1. pocketsphinx	
-2. gstreamer (and what ever plugin has pocket sphinx support)  
+1. pocketsphinx
+2. gstreamer (and what ever plugin has pocket sphinx support)
 3. pyside (only required for the Qt based UI)
 4. pygtk (only required for the Gtk based UI)
 
@@ -17,13 +17,22 @@ Blather is a speech recognizer that will run commands when a user speaks preset
 6. run Blather.py
     * for Qt GUI, run Blather.py -i q
     * for Gtk GUI, run Blather.py -i g
-    * to start a UI in 'continuous' listen mode, use the -c flag  
-
+    * to start a UI in 'continuous' listen mode, use the -c flag
+    * to use a microphone other than the system default, use the -d flag
 7. start talking
 
 ####Bonus
 once the sentences.corpus file has been created, run the language_updater.sh script to automate the process of creating and downloading language files.
 
-**Example**  
-To run blather with the GTK UI and start in continuous listen mode:   
-./Blather.py -i g -c
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+####Examples
+To run blather with the GTK UI and start in continuous listen mode:
+./Blather.py -i g -c
+
+To run blather with no UI and using a USB microphone recognized and device 2:
+./Blather.py -d 2
+
+####Finding the Device Number of a USB microphone
+There are a few ways to find the device number of a USB microphone.
+
+* `cat /proc/asound/cards`
+* `arecord -l`
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