JARVIS – Voice-Activated Virtual Assistant 🎙️🤖

📌 Project Overview

Jarvis is a voice-activated virtual assistant developed in Python.
It listens for voice commands, responds using speech, performs web-based and system tasks, fetches news, plays music, and answers user queries using an AI language model.

The assistant is activated using a wake word: “Jarvis”, similar to Alexa or Google Assistant.

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✨ Features

🎤 Voice Recognition

• Uses the speech_recognition library.
• Continuously listens for the wake word “Jarvis”.
• Converts spoken commands into text.

🔊 Text-to-Speech

• Converts responses into speech using Windows SAPI (pywin32).
• Provides natural voice feedback for all actions.

🌐 Web Browsing

• Opens popular websites using voice commands:
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn

🎵 Music Playback

• Plays music using a custom musicLibrary module.
• Opens song links in the web browser.

📰 News Fetching

• Fetches latest news headlines using NewsAPI.
• Reads out top headlines using text-to-speech.

🤖 AI Integration

• Handles complex or unknown commands using an AI language model.
• Acts as a general-purpose assistant for questions and conversations.
• Provides brief and helpful responses.

🖥️ System Operations

• Opens local applications such as:
  • Calculator
  • VS Code
  • File Explorer
  • WhatsApp (if installed)

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🔄 Workflow

1. Initialization

   • Jarvis starts and greets the user with
     “Initializing Jarvis…”

2. Wake Word Detection

   • Listens continuously for the wake word “Jarvis”.

3. Activation

   • Upon detecting the wake word, Jarvis replies with “Ya”.

4. Command Processing

   • Listens for the user’s command.
   • Determines whether the command is:
     • A fixed task (open apps, play music, fetch news)
     • Or an AI-based query

5. Execution

   • Performs the requested action.
   • Uses AI responses if no predefined command matches.

6. Speech Output

   • Responds using text-to-speech.

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🛠️ Libraries Used

• speech_recognition – Voice input recognition
• webbrowser – Open websites via commands
• pywin32 (win32com.client) – Text-to-speech using Windows SAPI
• musicLibrary – Custom module for music playback
• requests – Fetch news from NewsAPI
• os – Open system applications

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🖥️ System Requirements

• Windows OS
• Python 3.9+
• Microphone
• Internet connection (for news & AI responses)

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🚀 How to Run the Project

1. Clone or download the repository.
2. Install required libraries:

   pip install speechrecognition requests pywin32 groq

3. Add your API key in config.py.
4. Run the program:

   python main.py

5. Say “Jarvis” to activate.

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👨‍💻 Author

Developed to enhance the python skills to demonstrate:

• Voice recognition
• System automation
• AI integration
• Python programming skills

✅ Future Enhancements

• GUI interface (Tkinter / PyQt)
• Offline wake-word detection
• Intent classification using ML
• Plugin-based command system
• Cross-platform support