diff --git a/py/requirements.txt b/py/requirements.txt
index 8c6a016..7ea1a85 100644
--- a/py/requirements.txt
+++ b/py/requirements.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ python-weather
 pycouchdb
 pyttsx3
 pip-licenses
-openai-whisper
\ No newline at end of file
+openai-whisper
+pydub
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/py/voice.py b/py/voice.py
index ec6c407..b9500da 100644
--- a/py/voice.py
+++ b/py/voice.py
@@ -1,20 +1,40 @@
 import speech_recognition as sr
+from pydub import AudioSegment
 
 
 class VoiceRecognition:
-    @staticmethod
-    def basic_recognition(audio, option):
+    def check_audio_format(self, file_path):
+        try:
+            audio = AudioSegment.from_ogg(file_path)
+            print(f"Audio format: {audio.format}")
+            return True
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error reading audio file: {e}")
+            return False
+
+    def basic_recognition(self, audio, option):
         print(type(audio))
         print("preparing")
         r = sr.Recognizer()
+
+        # Read the data from the FileStorage object
+        audio_data = audio.read()
+
+        # Write the audio data to a file
+        with open('output.wav', 'wb') as file:
+            file.write(audio_data)
+
+        self.check_audio_format(audio)
         if option == "online":
             with sr.AudioFile(audio) as source:
+                print(type(source))
                 print("online")
                 text = r.recognize_google_cloud(source)
                 print("recognized as: " + text)
                 return text
         elif option == "offline":
             with sr.AudioFile(audio) as source:
+                print(type(source))
                 print("offline")
                 text = r.recognize_sphinx(source)
                 print("recognized as: " + text)