Question: I'm using Basic4Android and the AudioRecord library that is based on [this](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioRecord.html)

I want to know how to retrieve a string from buffer

In short, if you register with audiorecord a word (eg, "hello"), you can retrieve this from the buffer in order to have a string value "hello"?

Thanks
Alberto

Answer: 
With just audiorecord library I don't think you can get a speech recognition, as far as I know you get raw sound wave from there, but try with [SpeechRecognizer](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/speech/SpeechRecognizer.html),
a demo application tutorial [here](http://www.jameselsey.co.uk/blogs/techblog/android-how-to-implement-voice-recognition-a-nice-easy-tutorial/)
i am glad to see other use basic 4 android too you'll find several libraries here
<https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/pages/results/?query=speech+recognizer>

and here is what seems to be the answer:
<https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/another-speechrecognizer-library.37584/#content>