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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Import modules
+import math
+import rospy
+
+# We're going to subscribe to 64-bit integers, so we need to import the definition
+# for them
+from sensor_msgs.msg import JointState
+
+# Import Int32 message typs from the std_msgs package
+from std_msgs.msg import Int32
+
+# Import the FollowJointTrajectoryGoal from the control_msgs.msg package to
+# control the Stretch robot.
+from control_msgs.msg import FollowJointTrajectoryGoal
+
+# Import JointTrajectoryPoint from the trajectory_msgs package to define
+# robot trajectories.
+from trajectory_msgs.msg import JointTrajectoryPoint
+
+# Import hello_misc script for handling trajectory goals with an action client
+import hello_helpers.hello_misc as hm
+
+# Import SpeechRecognitionCandidates from the speech_recognition_msgs package
+from speech_recognition_msgs.msg import SpeechRecognitionCandidates
+
+class GetVoiceCommands:
+    """
+    A class that subscribes to the speech to text recognition messages, prints
+    a voice command menu, and defines step size for translational and rotational
+    mobile base motion.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        """
+        A function that initializes subscribers and defines the three different
+        step sizes.
+        :param self: The self reference.
+        """
+        # Set step size as medium by default
+        self.step_size = 'medium'
+        self.rad_per_deg = math.pi/180.0
+
+        # Small step size parameters
+        self.small_deg = 5.0
+        self.small_rad = self.rad_per_deg * self.small_deg
+        self.small_translate = 0.025
+
+        # Medium step size parameters
+        self.medium_deg = 10.0
+        self.medium_rad = self.rad_per_deg * self.medium_deg
+        self.medium_translate = 0.05
+
+        # Big step size parameters
+        self.big_deg = 20.0
+        self.big_rad = self.rad_per_deg * self.big_deg
+        self.big_translate = 0.1
+
+        # Initialize the voice command
+        self.voice_command = None
+
+        # Initialize the sound direction
+        self.sound_direction = 0
+
+        # Initialize subscribers
+        self.speech_to_text_sub  = rospy.Subscriber("/speech_to_text",  SpeechRecognitionCandidates, self.callback_speech)
+        self.sound_direction_sub = rospy.Subscriber("/sound_direction", Int32,                       self.callback_direction)
+
+    def callback_direction(self, msg):
+        """
+        A callback function that converts the sound direction from degrees to radians.
+        :param self: The self reference.
+        :param msg: The Int32 message type.
+        """
+        self.sound_direction = msg.data * self.rad_per_deg
+
+    def callback_speech(self,msg):
+        """
+        A callback function that takes all items in the iterable list and join
+        them into a single string.
+        :param self: The self reference.
+        :param msg: The SpeechRecognitionCandidates message type.
+        """
+        self.voice_command = ' '.join(map(str,msg.transcript))
+
+    def get_inc(self):
+        """
+        A function that sets the increment size for translational and rotational
+        base motion.
+        :param self:The self reference.
+
+        :returns inc: A dictionary type.
+        """
+        if self.step_size == 'small':
+            inc = {'rad': self.small_rad, 'translate': self.small_translate}
+        if self.step_size == 'medium':
+            inc = {'rad': self.medium_rad, 'translate': self.medium_translate}
+        if self.step_size == 'big':
+            inc = {'rad': self.big_rad, 'translate': self.big_translate}
+        return inc
+
+    def print_commands(self):
+        """
+        A function that prints the voice teleoperation menu.
+        :param self: The self reference.
+        """
+        print('                                           ')
+        print('------------ VOICE TELEOP MENU ------------')
+        print('                                           ')
+        print('               VOICE COMMANDS              ')
+        print(' "forward": BASE FORWARD                   ')
+        print(' "back"   : BASE BACK                      ')
+        print(' "left"   : BASE ROTATE LEFT               ')
+        print(' "right"  : BASE ROTATE RIGHT              ')
+        print(' "stretch": BASE ROTATES TOWARDS SOUND     ')
+        print('                                           ')
+        print('                 STEP SIZE                 ')
+        print(' "big"    : BIG                            ')
+        print(' "medium" : MEDIUM                         ')
+        print(' "small"  : SMALL                          ')
+        print('                                           ')
+        print('-------------------------------------------')
+
+    def get_command(self):
+        """
+        A function that defines the teleoperation command based on the voice command.
+        :param self: The self reference.
+
+        :returns command: A dictionary type.
+        """
+        command = None
+        # Move base forward command
+        if self.voice_command == 'forward':
+            command = {'joint': 'translate_mobile_base', 'inc': self.get_inc()['translate']}
+
+        # Move base back command
+        if self.voice_command == 'back':
+            command = {'joint': 'translate_mobile_base', 'inc': -self.get_inc()['translate']}
+
+        # Move base left command
+        if self.voice_command == 'left':
+            command = {'joint': 'rotate_mobile_base', 'inc': self.get_inc()['rad']}
+
+        # Move base right command
+        if self.voice_command == 'right':
+            command = {'joint': 'rotate_mobile_base', 'inc': -self.get_inc()['rad']}
+
+        # Move base to sound direction command
+        if self.voice_command == 'stretch':
+            command = {'joint': 'rotate_mobile_base', 'inc': self.sound_direction}
+
+        # Set the step size of translational and rotational base motions
+        if (self.voice_command == "small") or (self.voice_command == "medium") or (self.voice_command == "big"):
+            self.step_size = self.voice_command
+            rospy.loginfo('Step size = {0}'.format(self.step_size))
+
+        # Reset voice command to None
+        self.voice_command = None
+
+        # return the updated command
+        return command
+
+
+class VoiceTeleopNode(hm.HelloNode):
+    """
+    A class that inherets the HelloNode class from hm and sends joint trajectory
+    commands.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, mapping_on=False):
+        """
+        A function that declares object from the GetVoiceCommands class, instantiates
+        the HelloNode class, and set the publishing rate.
+        """
+        hm.HelloNode.__init__(self)
+        self.rate = 10.0
+        self.joint_state = None
+        self.speech = GetVoiceCommands()
+
+
+    def joint_states_callback(self, msg):
+        """
+        A callback function that stores Stretch's joint states.
+        :param self: The self reference.
+        :param msg: The JointState message type.
+        """
+        self.joint_state = msg
+
+    def send_command(self, command):
+        """
+        Function that makes an action call and sends base joint trajectory goals.
+		:param self: The self reference.
+        :param command: A dictionary type.
+        """
+        joint_state = self.joint_state
+        # Conditional statement to send  joint trajectory goals
+        if (joint_state is not None) and (command is not None):
+            # Assign point as a JointTrajectoryPoint message type
+            point = JointTrajectoryPoint()
+            point.time_from_start = rospy.Duration(0.0)
+
+            # Assign trajectory_goal as a FollowJointTrajectoryGoal message type
+            trajectory_goal = FollowJointTrajectoryGoal()
+            trajectory_goal.goal_time_tolerance = rospy.Time(1.0)
+
+            # Extract the joint name from the command dictionary
+            joint_name = command['joint']
+            trajectory_goal.trajectory.joint_names = [joint_name]
+
+            # Extrach the increment type from the command dictionary
+            inc = command['inc']
+            rospy.loginfo('inc = {0}'.format(inc))
+            new_value = inc
+
+            # Assign the new_value position to the trajecotry goal message type.
+            point.positions = [new_value]
+            trajectory_goal.trajectory.points = [point]
+            trajectory_goal.trajectory.header.stamp = rospy.Time.now()
+            rospy.loginfo('joint_name = {0}, trajectory_goal = {1}'.format(joint_name, trajectory_goal))
+
+            # Make the action call and send goal of the new joint position.
+            self.trajectory_client.send_goal(trajectory_goal)
+            rospy.loginfo('Done sending command.')
+
+            # Reprint the voice command menu
+            self.speech.print_commands()
+
+
+    def main(self):
+        """
+        The main function that instantiates the HelloNode class, initializes the subscriber,
+        and call other methods in both the VoiceTeleopNode and GetVoiceCommands classes.
+        :param self: The self reference.
+        """
+        hm.HelloNode.main(self, 'voice_teleop', 'voice_teleop', wait_for_first_pointcloud=False)
+        rospy.Subscriber('/stretch/joint_states', JointState, self.joint_states_callback)
+        rate = rospy.Rate(self.rate)
+        self.speech.print_commands()
+
+        while not rospy.is_shutdown():
+            # Get voice command
+            command = self.speech.get_command()
+            
+            # Send voice command for joint trajectory goals
+            self.send_command(command)
+            rate.sleep()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        # Declare object from the VoiceTeleopNode class. Then execute the
+		# main() method/function
+        node = VoiceTeleopNode()
+        node.main()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        rospy.loginfo('interrupt received, so shutting down')