Zion - Your Personal Voice Assistant

Zion is a Jarvis-inspired, AI-powered voice assistant built to help you with daily tasks through speech recognition and speech synthesis. It integrates powerful machine learning models for speech-to-text transcription and offers voice-based interactions with various commands.

Current Capabilities

• Speech-to-Text: Uses Google Speech Recognition for transcribing voice input.
• Hotword Detection: Uses porcupine free version for detecting Hotword "Jarvis".
• Text-to-Speech: Converts responses into spoken words using pyttsx3.
• Intelligent Responses: Zion queries OpenHermes-based local model for a natural, intelligent reply.
• Noise Reduction: Automatically reduces background noise during audio capture.
• Time & Date Commands: Responds with the current time or date when asked.
• Web Commands: Opens websites like Google and YouTube, and performs searches via voice.
• Continuous Listening: Listens for voice commands in a loop until instructed otherwise.
• Sleep Mode: Enters a low-resource sleep state, wakes up on key press.

Present Features

• Time & Date

  • "What is the time?"
  • "What is today's date?"

• Website Access

  • "Open Google"
  • "Open YouTube"

• Search Function after website access

  • "Search Google for cats"
  • "Search YouTube for lo-fi music"

• Exit Commands

  • "Exit"
  • "Stop"
  • "Shutdown"

• Hotword Detection

  • When the hotword "Jarvis" is detected, it wakes up and starts listening for commands.

• Intelligent Chit-Chat

  • Ask any general question when no specific command is recognized.

• Noise Reduction

  • Automatically filters background noise during listening for better recognition.

Requirements

• Python 3.8 or higher
• Virtual environment (recommended)
• Ollama installed locally to run the OpenHermes model

How to Use

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Krishna1694/AI-Assistant.git

2. Navigate into the project folder and set up a virtual environment:

cd Zion
python -m venv Zion-env

3. Activate the virtual environment:

For Windows:

.\Zion-env\Scripts\activate

For macOS/Linux:

source Zion-env/bin/activate

Install the dependencies:

To install the necessary dependencies, you can use the requirements.txt file.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Note: requirements.txt contain all necessary yet also some unnecessary listings, will update SOON.

Run the application:

You have two ways to run Zion depending on your needs:

Default Mode (with LLM support)

Uses OpenHermes via Ollama for intelligent conversations:

python Zion_AI.py

Basic Mode (Predefined Commands Only)

Only basic, predefined commands are supported (no LLM needed):

python Zion_pre_defined.py

You can start interacting with Zion

• Start by saying the hotword "Jarvis"

• Once detected, Zion will:

  1. Play a chime sound to signal it's ready for your voice command.

  2. Listen to your command. Following are some examples

  • "What is the time?"

  • "Open google" then follow with "search for {any query}"

  • "Go to sleep"

  • "Stop"

Zion will also answer general questions intelligently by utilizing the local OpenHermes model on Zion_AI.py.

Note: Hotword detection is only enables for Zion_AI.py not for Zion_pre_defined.

Acknowledgments

This project was made possible with the help of ChatGPT, which provided guidance in coding, troubleshooting, and implementing features. Special thanks to OpenAI for making ChatGPT available!

License

This project is licensed for Personal and Educational Use Only.

• You may use Zion for your own learning, growth, and non-commercial purposes.
• You may not modify, redistribute, or sell this project or its derivatives without explicit permission from the author.

For commercial use, modification, or redistribution, please contact the project owner.

"Zion" is always improving. Stay tuned for vision support, offline memory, and much more in future updates!