Voice Controlled Personal Assistant using Raspberry Pi
Project Abstract / Summary : The project involves the design and application of speech-to-text conversion and face recognition methods using Raspberry Pi (credit card sized single board computer) as the hardware.
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Features of the Voice Controlled Personal Assistant:
- Capturing photos and recognizing faces in the captured photo
- Checking similarity between two faces
- Performing Arithmetic calculations based on voice commands and giving back the computed solution through a robotic voice.
- Searching Wikipedia based on user's voice input and giving back the reply through a robotic voice with further interactive questions by the machine.
- Checking email for unread messages
- Checking the weather conditions of the user’s location
- Playing music as per voice command of the user
Relevance of the project can be in the following fields:
• Source of entertainment and information for blind/visually impaired.
• Voice based calculator can be used to teach visually impaired students or it can be a game for visually sound students.
• Security systems can use the face recognition and similarity checking.
Why did you choose to work on this project topic : I chose to work on this project as I wanted to make a system to support human productivity and provide infotainment as well. Being very honest, the voice controlled super computer Jarvis, from the science-fiction movie "Iron Man" was the primary reason I chose this project. When I began working on it, it stroked me that this can be a great tool for the visually impaired to connect normally with the world. Hence, the interest increased as the work progressed further.
Project Highlights : I think this project can act as a prototype for many advanced applications. Usually projects belong to a single industry in terms of application, but my project has various aspects like entertainment, computation, face recognition and security. It can help the visually impaired to connect with the world by giving them access to Wikipedia, Calculator, Email and Music all through their voice. The project can also keep people secure as it can be used as a surveillance system which captures the face of the person standing at the door.
Project Category : CS / IT / Networking
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Institute/College Name: THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY (formerly ITM University, Gurgaon)
City: Gurgaon
State: Haryana
Participating Team From: Final Year
