🎤 Speech Recognition AI Conversation System

This repository contains a real-time speech recognition system powered by Groq and ElevenLabs. It listens for audio input 🎧, processes it using an AI personality 🤖, and responds via speech synthesis 🎙️.

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🌟 Features:

• 🛠️ Custom Trigger Word: Set your own trigger word for AI activation.
• 🧠 AI Personality: Customize the AI's personality and response style.
• 🔊 Speech Synthesis: Uses ElevenLabs API to convert text responses into speech.

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🚀 Setup Instructions

1. 📥 Clone the Repository:

   https://github.com/official-alex/AI-Assistant.git
   cd AI-Assistant

2. 📦 Install Dependencies: Ensure Python 3.8+ is installed, then run:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. 🔑 Set Up Environment Variables: Edit the .env file in the project root and add the following:

   GROQ_API_KEY=your_groq_api_key_here
   ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=your_elevenlabs_api_key_here
   

   • For the Groq API key, go to Groq Console 🔗.
   • For the ElevenLabs API key, log in to ElevenLabs, click your profile (bottom left), and navigate to "API Keys" 🔑.

4. ▶️ Run the Application: Start the live speech recognition system with:

   python main.py

5. ⚙️ Modify AI Personality & Trigger Word: Change the trigger_word and personality in the LiveSpeechRecognition class to customize how the AI interacts with you.

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📝 Usage

• ▶️ Start Listening: The system will start listening for your input.
• 🗣️ Trigger Word: Say the trigger word (default: bob) to activate AI processing.
• 🛑 Stop: You can say "stop" to halt the recognition.

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💾 Save Transcriptions and Errors

Upon termination, the system saves a transcript of recognized speech to transcription_history.txt and logs any errors in error_log.txt.