Voice Assistant Program This simple command-line voice assistant performs tasks like web searches, playing YouTube videos, and fetching news using the following features:
Features Text-to-Speech Integrates pyttsx3 for vocal responses to user commands and news headlines. Google Search Command: open Google Prompts for a query and opens results in the web browser. YouTube Search & Playback Commands: open YouTube, play Constructs a YouTube search URL based on user input and opens it in the browser. News Fetching Command: news Retrieves and reads top U.S. headlines using NewsAPI. Interactive Commands test_spice1 to start the assistant. quit to exit the program. Error Handling Includes basic error management to handle invalid input or API issues. Dependencies pyttsx3: for text-to-speech. requests: for API interactions. webbrowser: for opening URLs. Setup Clone the repository. Install dependencies: bash Copy code pip install pyttsx3 requests Add your NewsAPI key in the code (YOUR_KEY). Run the program: bash Copy code python textinput.py Usage Start the assistant with test_spice1. Use commands: Google Search: open Google YouTube: open YouTube or play News: news Quit: quit
Key Improvements: Error Handling:
Added better handling for empty inputs or invalid commands. Catches and logs network-related errors during the news fetch operation. Code Modularization:
Broke down functionality into smaller, reusable functions for each task. Input Validation:
Ensures meaningful user inputs (e.g., non-empty search queries). Limiting Results:
Limits the number of headlines read aloud to the top 5 for better user experience. Clear User Feedback:
Provides appropriate messages when operations succeed or fail. Reusability:
Added a loop to allow repeated tasks without restarting the program.