Notes & guides

Welcome to the VoiceAssist wiki!

About

Welcome to VoiceAssist, a voice assistant for Linux built with Python.

Inspired by and forked from https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/python-project-how-to-build-your-own-jarvis-using-python/

Installation

Clone the repo to your /opt folder using git clone https://github.com/plwt/VoiceAssist.git

Make sure that you have the dependencies that you will need:

sudo apt install portaudio19-dev python3-tk python3-dev ffmpeg libespeak1

Copy the desktop shortcut to the right place:

cp /opt/VoiceAssist/VoiceAssist.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

Make the VoiceAssist file executable:

chmod +x /opt/VoiceAssist/src/VoiceAssist.sh

Please check the file paths in os_ops.py before use to make sure they are correct for your device. You may wish to alter them to fit your distro and setup.

Removal

• Delete the shortcut from ~/.local/share/applications
• Delete the Voice assist folder from /opt
• Remove dependencies (care, may impact other software) sudo apt uninstall portaudio19-dev python3-tk python3-dev ffmpeg libespeak1

Sources of information used in building

• sapi5 replacement for Linux - https://github.com/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3/issues/212
• Speach engine settings - https://cs.github.com/?scopeName=All+repos&scope=&q=engine+%3D+pyttsx3.init%28
• Portaudio install - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35708238/installing-pyaudio-with-pip-in-a-virtualenv and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50457197/pyaudio-installation-failure-on-ubuntu
• Voice options https://linuxhint.com/command-line-text-speech-apps-linux/ and https://levelup.gitconnected.com/make-your-python-program-speak-310766534fbf and https://scriptverse.academy/tutorials/python-text-to-speech.html
• pyttsx3 options https://pyttsx3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/engine.html#changing-voices