Voice Assistant Project

Overview

This mini project is a Python-based virtual voice assistant that can listen to voice commands, respond with actions, and even tell jokes or facts. It uses libraries like pyttsx3 for text-to-speech, speech_recognition for recognizing speech, and pygame to play music. The assistant can perform tasks such as searching Wikipedia, opening web pages, telling the time, or playing music, making it a versatile and fun project. See features now

Features

• Voice Commands: The assistant listens to voice input and recognizes commands using the Google Speech Recognition API.
• Text-to-Speech: It speaks back responses using a female voice generated with pyttsx3.
• Wikipedia Search: You can ask the assistant to search for any topic on Wikipedia and summarize it for you.
• Web Browsing: The assistant can open popular websites like YouTube, Google, and the Times of India in your default web browser.
• Music Player: It can play music stored locally on your system.
• Time Announcements: It can tell you the current time.
• Jokes and Facts: Random jokes or facts are presented when asked for them.

How I Built This Project

1. Text-to-Speech: I used the pyttsx3 library to convert text into speech. The sapi5 engine is used for speech synthesis, and I configured the assistant to use a female voice.

2. Speech Recognition: To capture voice input, I used the speech_recognition library with the Google Speech API. The assistant listens to commands via the microphone and processes them accordingly.

3. Wikipedia Integration: I added Wikipedia search functionality using the wikipedia library. The assistant can fetch a summary of any topic and speak it aloud.

4. Web Browser Commands: The assistant can open popular websites like YouTube, Google, and Times of India using the webbrowser library.

5. Music Playback: To make the assistant play music, I used pygame to load and play MP3 files from my local directory.

6. Random Jokes/Facts: I created a list of jokes and facts, and the assistant can pick a random one using the random library.

7. Time Announcements: Using the datetime module, the assistant can tell the current time when prompted.

8. Exit Command: The assistant listens for an exit command and can terminate the session with a goodbye message.

Project Files

• main.py: The main Python file containing all the logic for the virtual assistant.
• requirements.txt: A file listing all the dependencies required to run this project.

How to Run the Project

1. Install the required dependencies: Ensure Python is installed on your system, then run:

   pip install -r requirements.txt