AI Voice Assistant (Gemini Integration)

A smart voice assistant written in Python that integrates Google's Gemini API for conversational intelligence. This assistant can perform web automation tasks, tell jokes, and answer general queries using Generative AI.

🚀 Features

• Generative AI Conversations: Uses Google's gemini-2.5-flash-lite model to answer complex questions and chat.
• YouTube Integration: verbal command "YouTube [video name]" automatically searches and plays videos.
• Wikipedia Search: verbal command "Wikipedia [topic]" reads a summary of the topic.
• Entertainment: Can tell jokes using the pyjokes library.
• Natural Text-to-Speech: Uses gTTS (Google Text-to-Speech) for high-quality voice output.
• Personalized Greeting: Greets the user based on the time of day.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Python 3.x
• Google Generative AI SDK (Gemini)
• SpeechRecognition (Google Speech API)
• gTTS (Google Text-to-Speech)
• PyWhatKit (YouTube automation)
• Wikipedia API

📋 Prerequisites

System Requirements

Note: This script currently uses afplay, which is a command-line audio player native to macOS.

• If you are on Windows or Linux, you will need to modify the speak() function to use playsound or os.system("start ...").

API Key

You will need a valid API Key from Google AI Studio.

1. Go to [Google AI Studio] (https://aistudio.google.com/).
2. Create an API key.

📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/yourusername/your-repo-name.git](https://github.com/yourusername/your-repo-name.git)
   cd your-repo-name

2. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install speechrecognition pyttsx3 wikipedia pyjokes google-generativeai gTTS pywhatkit pyaudio

   (Note: pyaudio is required for microphone input. On some systems, you may need to install portaudio via Homebrew or apt-get first).

3. Configure your API Key: Open the Python script and replace the placeholder with your actual key:

   api_key = "YOUR_GOOGLE_GEN_AI_KEY_HERE"

💻 Usage

Run the main script:

python main.py