Command-Do – Personal Voice Assistant

A Python-based desktop voice assistant that responds to spoken commands for tasks like web browsing, Wikipedia lookups, time queries, and sending emails.

Features

• Wikipedia Search – Fetches and reads a brief summary aloud
• Web Navigation – Opens Google, YouTube, and Stack Overflow
• Time Query – Announces the current system time
• App Launch – Opens VS Code via voice command
• Email Sending – Composes and sends Gmail messages by voice
• Contextual Greeting – Greets based on time of day

Requirements

pip install pyttsx3 SpeechRecognition wikipedia python-dotenv

Also requires PyAudio for microphone input. On Windows: pip install pyaudio

Setup

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/personal-voice-assistant.git
   cd personal-voice-assistant

2. Install dependencies

   pip install pyttsx3 SpeechRecognition wikipedia python-dotenv

3. Configure environment variables
   Create a .env file in the project root & hide it via gitignore (I have uploaded mine with fake credentials):

   EMAIL_ADDRESS=your_email@gmail.com
   EMAIL_PASSWORD=your_app_password
   

4. Update the VS Code path (optional)
   Edit codePath in the script to match your local VS Code installation path.

5. Run

   python personal_voice_assistant.py

Commands

Voice Command	Action
search <topic> wikipedia	Read Wikipedia summary
open google / youtube / stackoverflow	Open in browser
what's the time	Announce current time
open code	Launch VS Code
email to nishant	Send a voice-dictated email