🦜 Voice-Activated Spell Bee Parrot

A Python-based interactive educational application that helps users learn spelling. This application uses Speech Recognition to listen to words spoken by the user and uses Text-to-Speech (TTS) to repeat the word and spell it out letter-by-letter. It features an animated GUI built with Tkinter.

📋 Table of Contents

• Features
• Tech Stack
• Prerequisites
• Usage

✨ Features

• Voice Activation: Hands-free interaction using microphone input.
• Real-time Spelling: Instantly spells out any English word spoken by the user.
• Animated GUI: Features a moving Parrot GIF using tkinter and PIL.
• Live Logging: A scrolling console displays the conversation history (User input vs. System response).
• Multithreading: Runs the listening loop on a background thread to keep the GUI responsive without freezing.
• Auto-Exit: Closes the application automatically when the user says "Quit".

🛠 Tech Stack

• Python 3.x
• Tkinter (GUI)
• SpeechRecognition (Google Web Speech API)
• pyttsx3 (Offline Text-to-Speech)
• Pillow (PIL) (Image/GIF handling)
• Threading (Concurrency)

⚙ Prerequisites

Before running the code, ensure you have Python installed. You will also need a working microphone.

Required Libraries

You need to install the following Python packages:

bash: pip install SpeechRecognition pyttsx3 Pillow pyaudio

Note on PyAudio: If pip install pyaudio fails on Windows, you may need to install it manually using pipwin: bash: pip install pipwin pipwin install pyaudio

🎮 Usage

Launch the application. You will see the Parrot animation and a console log.

Wait for the log to say "Calibrating microphone...".

Once the Parrot says "Hi friend...", speak any English word clearly into your microphone.

Example: You say "Elephant".

Parrot: "The word is Elephant. Letters are: E. l. e. p. h. a. n. t."

To close the application, simply say "Quit". The parrot will tell you how many words you learned and the window will close.