🎙️ Desktop voice assistant

🌟 Overview

The Voice Assistant Project is a Python-based desktop application designed to provide a variety of functionalities through voice commands. This virtual assistant can perform tasks such as telling the time and date, telling jokes, searching Wikipedia, and more.

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🚀 Features

• Voice Commands: Interact with the assistant using voice commands.
• Time and Date: Retrieve the current time and date.
• Jokes: Hear random jokes to lighten up your mood.
• Wikipedia Search: Search Wikipedia and receive a summary of articles.
• Web Browsing: Open websites such as YouTube, Google, and Stack Overflow.
• Media Control: Play music from a specified directory.
• Screenshot Capture: Take and save screenshots.
• Memory: Save and recall user-provided information.
• Translation: Translate text into different languages.

Requirements 📋

• To run the Voice Assistant Project, you need to have the following software and libraries installed:

Software Requirements 🖥️

• Python: Version 3.6 or higher is required. Python is the programming language used for the project.

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• Operating System: The project is designed to run on Windows, but it can be adapted to other operating systems with minor modifications.

📌 Modules and Libraries Used

This project utilizes several Python libraries to achieve its functionality:

• pyttsx3: A text-to-speech conversion library in Python. It allows the assistant to speak responses to the user.

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• datetime: Provides classes for manipulating dates and times. Used to get the current date and time.

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• speech_recognition: Recognizes speech and converts it into text. Enables voice command recognition.

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• wikipediaapi: A Python wrapper for the Wikipedia API. Allows the assistant to search and retrieve Wikipedia summaries.

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• webbrowser: A module to open URLs in a browser. Used to open websites.

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• os: Provides a way of using operating system-dependent functionality like reading or writing to the file system.

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• random: Implements pseudo-random number generators. Used to select random jokes and songs.

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• pyautogui: Provides functions to control the mouse and keyboard. Used to take screenshots.

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• googletrans: A library for translating text using Google Translate API. Allows translation of text into different languages.

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Installation 🚀

To set up the Voice Assistant Project, follow these steps:

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone <URL>
   cd desktop-voice-assistant
   

2. Set up virtual environment:

   • For Windows:

     python -m venv .venv  
     

   • For macOS/Linux:

     python3 -m venv .venv
     

3. Activate the virtual environment:

   • For Windows:

     .venv\Scripts\activate

   • For macOS/Linux:

     source .venv/bin/activate
     
     

4. Install Requirements

   • Install all the requirements given in requirements.txt by running the command pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Run the Project

• Run the main script:

  python assistant.py