Virtual Assistant Program

Description

This virtual assistant, named Hazel, is a Python-based program designed to perform a variety of tasks through voice commands. Utilizing libraries like pyttsx3 for text-to-speech, speech_recognition for voice recognition, and others like pywhatkit, yfinance, pyjokes, webbrowser, datetime, and wikipedia, Hazel can assist users with daily digital tasks.

Features

Hazel can:

Open YouTube and Google Browser: Responds to voice commands to open YouTube and Google in a web browser.

Provide Date and Time Information: Tells the current date, time, and day of the week upon request.

Conduct Wikipedia Searches: Performs a Wikipedia search and reads out a summary of the search topic.

Internet Searches and YouTube Playback: Searches the internet and plays YouTube videos based on voice commands.

Tell Jokes: Uses pyjokes to tell random jokes.

Provide Stock Prices: Fetches and announces stock prices for predefined companies.

Customized Responses: Responds to specific keywords like "okay" and expects follow-up "yes" or "no" responses.

Limitations

Currently, Hazel has the following limitations:

Speech Recognition Sensitivity: May struggle with short or monosyllabic responses like "yes" or "no".

Network Dependency: Relies on an active internet connection for most functionalities.

Limited Contextual Understanding: Lacks advanced context maintenance over multiple exchanges.

Error Handling: Basic error handling is present, but more robust handling for network failures and speech recognition errors is needed.

Future Scope

Potential future developments for Hazel include:

Improved Contextual Conversations: Implementing a more sophisticated context management system to handle complex dialogues.

Enhanced Speech Recognition: Refining the speech recognition process, especially for short responses.

Additional Functionalities: Integrating more features such as setting reminders, sending emails, or reading news headlines.

User Customization Options: Allowing users to customize settings, voices, and commands.

GUI Implementation: Developing a graphical user interface for a more interactive experience.

Offline Capabilities: Adding functionalities that do not rely on internet connectivity.

Installation

To run Hazel, your virtual assistant, you need to install the necessary Python libraries. You can do this using pip:

pip install pyttsx3 speech_recognition pywhatkit yfinance pyjokes webbrowser datetime wikipedia

Usage

python hazel_assistant.py

Once running, Hazel listens for your commands. Here are some example commands you can try:

"Open YouTube" "What day is today?" "Do a Wikipedia search for [topic]" "Tell me a joke"

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