sS vosk_recognize16KWav(File wav, O... _) {
  optPar bool useKnownPlaces;
  optPar S envVars;
  optPar S language = "en";
  
  assertFileExists(wav);
  File dir = assertNotNull("vosk dir not set", vosk_example_dir());
  File model1 = newFile(dir, "model-" + assertIdentifier(language));
  assertFileExists(model1);
  LS args = ll(platformQuote(model1));

  File outFile, errFile;
  if (useKnownPlaces) {
    outFile = javaxCachesDir("vosk.out");
    errFile = javaxCachesDir("vosk.err");
  } else {
    outFile = createTempFile();
    errFile = createTempFile();
  }
  time "vosk recognition" {
    backtick_verbose("python3 " + platformQuote(newFile(dir, "recognize.py")) + " " +
    + joinWithSpace(args) + " " + platformQuote(wav)
    + " > " + platformQuote(outFile)
    + " 2> " + platformQuote(errFile));
  }
  ret trim(loadTextFile(outFile));
}

sS vosk_recognize16KWav(S wav) {
  ret vosk_recognize16KWav(newFile(wav));
}