A lightweight, open-source voice assistant built with Python that provides basic voice interaction capabilities without requiring expensive hardware or cloud services. This project aims to make voice assistant technology accessible to everyone.

• Voice command recognition using local processing
• Text-to-speech capabilities
• Basic command execution
• Customizable wake word detection
• Offline functionality (no internet required for core features)

• Python 3.8 or higher
• A working microphone
• Speakers or headphones
• Basic Python development environment

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Apoorva87/poor_jarvis.git
cd poor_jarvis

2. Create and activate a virtual environment (recommended):

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows, use: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

The project includes several example scripts that demonstrate different functionalities:

1. Basic Voice Assistant:

python example_voice_assistant.py

2. Smart Voice Assistant (with additional features):

python example_smart_voice_assistant.py

3. Text-to-Speech Example:

python example_tts_tacho.py

4. Whisper Integration Example:

python example_whisper.py

• example_voice_assistant.py: Basic voice assistant implementation
• example_smart_voice_assistant.py: Enhanced voice assistant with additional features
• example_tts_tacho.py: Text-to-speech demonstration
• example_whisper.py: Integration with OpenAI's Whisper for improved speech recognition
• remove_emoji.py: Utility for text processing
• requirements.txt: Project dependencies

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

• webrtc implementation - git clone https://github.com/pipecat-ai/small-webrtc-prebuilt.git
• Built with Python's speech recognition and text-to-speech libraries
• Inspired by the need for accessible voice assistant technology