sS vosk_recognize16KWav(File wav, O... _) {
  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 pyFile = newFile(dir, "recognize.py");
  if (!fileExists(pyFile))
    saveTextFile(pyFile, loadSnippet(#1026985));
  time "vosk recognition" {
    S text = trim(backtickToConsole_returnOutput("python3 " + platformQuote(pyFile) + " " +
    + joinWithSpace(args) + " " + platformQuote(wav)));
  }
  ret text;
}

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

Began life as a copy of #1026959