Voice Controlled Desktop Assistant

Appu needs Java 8 (or greater) to build.

git clone https://github.com/vishpat/appu.git
mvn package

Appu uses the Google Speech API and requires you to have Google developer account to try it out. Information about setting an dev account and obtaining a ServiceAccount can be found here. Once the service account is created download the json and store it in your home directory. Now edit the run.sh file and change the parameter GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS to point it to the downloaded JSON. Now run the app as follows.

Appu uses a Java Property File (A simple text file) to map the commands to actions. This file needs to be named as the .appu.commands and needs to be present in the user's home directory. A sample command file for Linux desktop is shown below

browser=/usr/bin/chromium-browser
vnc=/usr/bin/vinagre
vpn=/opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/vpnui
terminal=xterm
reddit=/usr/bin/chromium-browser www.reddit.com
lower\ volume=amixer -D pulse sset Master 20%-
increase\ volume=amixer -D pulse sset Master 20%+

./run.sh

Use the quit voice command to exit Appu.

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