Everyone wants their work to be done by a person. Nowadays, on every smartphone, there is a virtual assistant which is helping everyone with their day-to-day tasks. But for our PC there is no such assistant. so now, we going to make our assistant for our pc/laptop with python.

Prerequisites

• Basic Knowledge of python

• Text editor

Basic Libraries

• datetime

• pyttsx3

• speechRecognition

Basic Tasks

• Our AI assistant's basic task is to listen and speak out.

• Wishing the user.

• Perform the tasks given

Code for Installing Packages

pip install Package Name

Code Time!

In this article, we will write the basic code of Jarvis.

• First and foremost we should import the libraries on which we are working.

Import

import pyttsx3
import speech_recognition as sr
import datetime

Now, let us go with writing the code of functions.

speak()

The first thing of a virtual assistant is to speak. To make our Jarvis speak we are gonna write a function named speak(). For Jarvis to speak we need to provide some input. So, our function is going to take the audio argument as a parameter.

def speak(audio):
    pass     # for now we will pass the function and write the body later.

Now, we will arrange the code for the audio parameter.

code for the audio parameter:

import pyttsx3
engine = pyttsx3.init('sapi5')
voices= engine.getProperty('voices') 
engine.setProperty('voice', voice[0].id)

Explanation of the above code

• In, the first line we imported the library pyttsx3.

What is pyttsx3?

pyttsx3 is a text-to-speech conversion library in Python. Unlike alternative libraries, it works offline and is compatible with both Python 2 and 3.

• In, the second line we initialized the library pyttsx3 with sapi5 API.

**What is spai5? **

"sapi5" is a Microsoft-developed speech API that helps in the synthesis and recognition of voice.

• In, the third line we get all voices in our machine (Laptop/PC).

• In, the fourth line we assign a certain voice to ur assistant.

What Is VoiceId?

In, the machine we may have several voices. To, assign a certain voice we use the voice id command which helps us to select different voices.

• voice[0].id = voice one

• voice[1].id = voice two etc..

Now, it's done with the parameter audio. We will write the body of the speak().

def speak(audio):
engine.say(audio) 
engine.runAndWait() #Without this command, speech will not be audible to us.

wishme()

In the movie, Jarvis used to wish for Tony stark. Now, our Jarvis has to wish, to do so we are going to a function called wishme().

import datetime
def wishme():
    hour= int(datetime.datetime.now().hour)
    minute=int(datetime.datetime.now().minute)
    if hour>=0 and hour<=11:
        speak('good morning')
        speak('the time is '+str(hour)+":"+str(minute)+ " AM")
    elif hour>=12 and hour<=18:
        if hour>12:
            hour = hour-12
        elif hour==12:
            hour = hour
        speak('good afternoon')
        speak('the time is '+str(hour)+":"+str(minute)+ " PM")
    else:
        if hour>12:
            hour = hour-12
        speak('good evening')
        speak('the time is '+str(hour)+":"+str(minute)+ " PM")
    speak('Iam Jarvis. what can i do for you sir.')

So this is a simple function. hour, minute means the current time in your area. If it is greater than or equal to 00:00 and lesser than noon, Jarvis says "Good Morning!"

If the time is between 12:00 and 18:00, it's "Good Afternoon!". Else, it means between 18:00 and 00:00, it is "Good Evening!". Each time when Jarvis wishes it will tell the current time of your area.

takecommand()

The next most important thing for our Jarvis is that it should take command with the help of the microphone of the user's system. So, now we will write a takeCommand() function. With the help of the takeCommand() function, our Jarvis will return a string output by taking microphone input from the user. Cool right?

def takeCommand():
    #It takes microphone input from the user and returns string output

    r = sr.Recognizer()
    with sr.Microphone() as source:
        print("Listening...")
        r.pause_threshold = 1
        audio = r.listen(source)

    try:
        print("Recognizing...")    
        query = r.recognize_google(audio, language='en-in')
        print(f"User said: {query}\n")

    except Exception as e:
        # print(e)    
        print("Say that again please...")  
        return "None"
    return query.lower()

Yay! You've successfully created takeCommand(). Well done buddy!

Time to run!

We have completed the functions now we need to run them. write the following code for the execution of the above functions.

main() Function

if __name__ == "__main__":
    wishme()
    takeCommand()

This is the end of this article. In the next article, we will add features to our Jarvis. Like opening Youtube, sending emails, playing music, etc...