Build A Virtual Assistant Using Python
In this article I will show you how to build your own virtual assistant using the Python Programming Language ! A virtual assistant is an application that can understand voice commands and complete tasks for a user. Google’s assistant and Amazon’s Alexa are good examples of virtual assistants.
If you prefer not to read this article and would like a video representation of it, you can check out the YouTube Video below. It goes through everything in this article with a little more detail, and will help make it easy for you to start developing your own program. Or you can use both as supplementary materials for learning !
Start Programming:
I will start by stating what I want this program to do. This program will run specific commands once a wake word is given by the users voice. This program will then execute those commands audibly back to the user.
The commands to be executed are as follows:
- Say a random greeting back to the user, if the user used a greeting word.