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How I Built My Own VOICE ASSISTANT

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Introduction

Hi, and welcome to another Python programming series! In this series, we are going to work on a Python project: a voice assistant.

Our voice assistant will perform various tasks, including telling the current date and time, searching for information on Wikipedia, answering general questions about itself, opening applications and websites, searching on Google and YouTube, changing the computer wallpaper, playing music, emptying the recycle bin, making notes, telling jokes, opening locations on Google Maps, sending emails, reporting the weather, providing news updates, sending messages, calculating sums, answering various questions, and even ordering a pizza to your house.

Setting Up the Environment

The first step involves setting up the development environment. For this project, we will use PyCharm, an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that provides additional features for easier and faster coding.

  1. Download and Install PyCharm:

    • Go to jetbrains.com/pycharm.
    • Download the community edition (it's free).
    • Install and open PyCharm.
    • Create a new project named VoiceAssistant.

  2. Create the Main File:

    • Create a new Python file named voice_assistant.py.
    • Import the necessary modules like warnings, pyttsx3 for text-to-speech conversion, and speech_recognition for recognizing speech.

Implementing Core Functions

Ignoring Warnings