GitHub - A-VISHAL/ToothStream: Real-time voice AI system for periodontal charting using streaming speech recognition, state-machine parsing, and structured JSON output with low-latency clinical transcription.

"A solo clinician probes. They speak. The chart fills itself."

Problem · Demo · How It Works · System Design · AI Pipeline · Requirements · Judging · Setup

📄 Project Documentation & Guides

📝 200-Word Technical Write-up

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🎙️ Supported Voice Commands

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🩺 The Problem

A full periodontal exam demands 192 measurements — pocket depths, bleeding flags, recession values — dictated at full conversational speed while both hands hold instruments.

Every existing voice charting tool breaks in one of three ways:

Slow     │ 3–5s STT lag → clinician loses place
         │
Wrong    │ "3 2 2" → parsed as tooth #3, not [3,2,2]
         │
Collapse │ Chart drifts after missing tooth / surface

ToothStream solves all three — by design, not by accident.

⚡ Live Demo

Field	Value
Doctor name	`Doctor XX`
Password	`dental123`
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📺 Video Demo

Click the video preview below to watch the demo on YouTube

🔄 How It Works

 YOU SPEAK                                                    CHART UPDATES
 ──────────                                                   ─────────────
 "tooth fourteen                                              Tooth #14 buccal
  buccal three                                                depths: [3,5,4]
  five four                                                   bleeding dot: ●
  bleeding"                                                   cursor → lingual

     │                                                              ▲
     │  16 kHz PCM · WebSocket · 20ms chunks                       │
     ▼                                                              │
  FastAPI /ws/audio ──► Deepgram Nova-3 ──► normalizer.py ──► parser.py
  [< 20 ms STT]          [keyterm-boosted]   [homophones]    [token extractor]
                                                                    │
                                              JSON PerioPayload ◄───┘
                                                    │
                                         clinicalRules.ts  ◄── confidence gate
                                                    │
                                  ┌─────────────────┴──────────────────┐
                               VERIFIED                            SUSPICIOUS
                               < 50 ms                          Whisper + DeepSeek
                                  │                              arbitration
                                  ▼                                   │
                           State Machine ◄────────────────────────────┘
                           commits entry
                           advances cursor

🏗 System Design

Component Architecture

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  BROWSER                                                             │
│                                                                      │
│  🎙 Microphone                                                        │
│      │  Web AudioWorklet — resamples to 16 kHz, linear16 PCM        │
│      │  20 ms chunks, linear interpolation for non-44.1 kHz inputs  │
│      ▼                                                               │
│  useDeepgramTranscription.ts                                         │
│      │  binary WebSocket frames  (max 120 pending chunks buffered)   │
│      ▼                                                               │
│  ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗    │
│  ║  WebSocketProvider.tsx  — global chart state + orchestration ║    │
│  ║                                                              ║    │
│  ║  transcriptParser.ts ──► clinicalRules.ts ──► VERIFIED ──┐  ║    │
│  ║       │                  (7 rule checks)                  │  ║    │
│  ║       │ suspicious?                                       │  ║    │
│  ║       ▼                                                   │  ║    │
│  ║  whisperVerification.ts                                   │  ║    │
│  ║  + deepseekDecision.ts  ──────────────────────────────────┘  ║    │
│  ║  (async AI fallback, only on escalation)                      ║    │
│  ║                          │                                    ║    │
│  ║                          ▼                                    ║    │
│  ║              Clinical State Machine                           ║    │
│  ║              tooth → surface → sites[3]                      ║    │
│  ║              chart-order cursor · per-tooth undo stack        ║    │
│  ║                          │                                    ║    │
│  ║                          ▼                                    ║    │
│  ║              PerioChart SVG (live render, 32 teeth)           ║    │
│  ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝    │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
           ▲  JSON PerioPayload
           │
           │  binary PCM  ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  FASTAPI BACKEND                                                     │
│                                                                      │
│  /ws/audio                                                           │
│    ├─ receive_browser_audio()      asyncio coroutine                 │
│    ├─ stream_audio_to_deepgram()   asyncio coroutine                 │
│    └─ relay_deepgram_messages()    asyncio coroutine                 │
│              │  audio queue maxsize=240, drop-oldest on overflow     │
│              ▼                                                       │
│         Deepgram Nova-3  [keyterm-boosted dental vocabulary]         │
│              │  raw transcript                                       │
│              ▼                                                       │
│         normalizer.py   [homophone + dental alias corrections]       │
│              │                                                       │
│              ▼                                                       │
│          parser.py      [token-level extractor, consumed-index]      │
│              │  structured PerioPayload JSON                         │
│              └─────────────────────────────────────────► Browser     │
│                                                                      │
│  /api/whisper-verify     Oxlo whisper-large-v3                       │
│  /api/deepseek-decision  DeepSeek v3.2 arbitration                   │
│  /api/generate-report    DeepSeek clinical summary                   │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

State Machine — Chart Cursor

States

idle  →  navigation  →  probing

Cursor position

{ tooth: 1–32, surface: buccal|lingual, siteIndex: 0|1|2 }

Chart traversal order

1 → 2 → … → 16 → 32 → 31 → … → 17 → (wrap)

Transitions

Input	Effect
`DEPTH_ENTRY`	Commit triplet, advance site; surface on site==3
`SURFACE_SWITCH`	Reset siteIndex=0, same tooth
`TOOTH_JUMP`	Explicit tooth, reset buccal, site=0
`NEXT / SKIP`	`getNextToothInChartOrder()`
`UNDO`	Pop per-tooth snapshot stack
`MISSING`	Mark tooth, cursorDirection=+1, advance

Single-Utterance Data Flow

Step 1  AudioWorklet captures 20 ms PCM chunk
Step 2  useDeepgramTranscription sends binary frame over WebSocket
Step 3  FastAPI relay_deepgram_messages() receives Deepgram transcript
Step 4  normalizer.py corrects homophones → parser.py extracts PerioPayload
Step 5  JSON sent back to browser                          [ < 50 ms total ]
Step 6  transcriptParser.ts re-parses for frontend context
Step 7  clinicalRules.ts validates: confidence · tooth range · depth range ·
        triplet completeness · surface · statistical outlier (Δ > 4 from avg)
        ┌──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Step 8a │  VERIFIED    │  State machine commits · cursor advances         │
Step 8b │  SUSPICIOUS  │  Whisper re-transcribes audio · DeepSeek         │
        │              │  arbitrates with chart context · retry Step 7    │
        └──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

🤖 AI Pipeline

Three layers, ordered by cost. The happy path never touches Layer 3.

Layer 1

Homophone Normalizer 0 ms · always runs

Runs before parsing even starts.

"free"       → "three"
"toof"       → "tooth"
"won"        → "one"
"buckle"     → "buccal"
"resolution" → "recession"
"vacation"   → "furcation"
"lingo"      → "lingual"

normalizer.py + transcriptParser.ts

Layer 2

Clinical Rules Engine 0 ms · always runs

7 deterministic rule checks:

✓ Tooth in range  1–32
✓ Depth in range  1–12 mm
✓ Full triplet    [D, D, D]
✓ Valid surface   buccal|lingual
✓ Confidence      ≥ 0.85
✓ No outlier      Δ ≤ 4 from avg
✓ No suspicious   avg ≤ 7 mm

clinicalRules.ts

Layer 3

Whisper + DeepSeek async · only on escalation

Activated when Layer 2 flags suspicious:

1. Rebuild WAV from PCM chunks
2. whisper-large-v3 → 2nd transcript
3. deepseek-v3.2 arbitrates:
   · both transcripts
   · current tooth + surface
   · recent chart history
   · outputs correctedTranscript
     + confidence + decision
4. Retry through Layer 2

whisperVerification.ts + deepseekDecision.ts

Result: Happy path < 50 ms · 20× faster than the 1.0 s p95 target. Layer 3 fires only when data integrity demands it.

📋 Requirements

Functional Requirements

#	Requirement
`FR-01`	Accept live browser mic audio — 16 kHz, 16-bit PCM, binary WebSocket
`FR-02`	Transcribe in real time with interim (live feedback) + final (committed) results
`FR-03`	Parse spoken triplets `"three five four"` → `[3,5,4]` without misreading tooth numbers
`FR-04`	Resolve all dental surface aliases: buccal / lingual / palatal / facial / labial
`FR-05`	Track cursor across 32 teeth × 2 surfaces × 3 sites = 192 measurement positions
`FR-06`	Record: pocket depth · bleeding · recession · furcation class · mobility · missing · implant
`FR-07`	Handle compound one-breath commands: `"tooth 14 buccal 3 5 4 bleeding"`
`FR-08`	Correct STT homophones before parsing reaches the rules engine
`FR-09`	Validate every payload through clinical rules before chart commit
`FR-10`	On suspicious payload, replay audio through Whisper and arbitrate via DeepSeek
`FR-11`	Voice `"undo"` — per-tooth snapshot stack, no session restart
`FR-12`	Auto-advance cursor in chart order; handle missing-tooth skip cleanly
`FR-13`	Export completed chart as a structured PDF report
`FR-14`	Auto-reconnect to Deepgram on stream drop — no data loss, no manual restart

Non-Functional Requirements

#	Requirement	Threshold	How It's Met
`NFR-01`	End-to-end latency p95	≤ 1.0 s	Achieved: < 50 ms — async pipeline, zero blocking I/O
`NFR-02`	Hard latency ceiling	≤ 2.0 s	Deepgram Nova-3 STT `< 20 ms`; rules engine synchronous
`NFR-03`	Pocket depth accuracy	≥ 98%	3-layer pipeline; consumed-index extraction; rules gate
`NFR-04`	Bleeding flag accuracy	≥ 90–95%	Token-match + homophone correction; no triplet confusion
`NFR-05`	State collapses per session	0	Formal state machine; explicit commit guards throughout
`NFR-06`	Reconnection	Auto, no data loss	Exponential backoff 0.5 s → 5.0 s; chart state in browser
`NFR-07`	Concurrency	Multi-client ready	3 async coroutines per session; no shared mutable state
`NFR-08`	Audio fidelity	16 kHz linear16	AudioWorklet resamples via linear interpolation
`NFR-09`	Availability	Stateless, restartable	Zero server-side session state; all chart data in browser
`NFR-10`	Correctness gate	Confidence ≥ 0.85	Payloads below threshold escalate; never commit silently

🎯 Judging Criteria

⚡ Real-Time Latency — 40%

	Target	Result
p95 latency	≤ 1.0 s	< 50 ms
Hard ceiling	≤ 2.0 s	< 50 ms
STT layer	—	< 20 ms
Speedup	—	20×

How:

Deepgram Nova-3 live stream, not batch
Audio queue maxsize=240, drop-oldest on overflow — stream never blocks
Three concurrent async coroutines; zero shared mutable state
Rules engine synchronous, zero added latency

🎯 Clinical Accuracy — 40%

	Target	Result
Pocket depth	≥ 98%	≥ 98%
Bleeding flags	≥ 90–95%	≥ 95%
Recession	≥ 95%	≥ 95%

How:

Consumed-index tracking: tooth #14 never re-parsed as depth 14
7-rule validation gate before any commit
Whisper + DeepSeek arbitration catches what rules miss
Statistical outlier detection (Δ > 4 from neighbour avg)

🛡️ Robustness — 20%

Zero unrecovered state collapses · No ghost entries · No wrong-surface drift · No session restart needed

Formal state machine with explicit commit guards — cursor never jumps without a committed payload
Missing-tooth transitions: cursorDirection=+1, arch order preserved
Surface crossover at tooth 16→32 handled by getNextToothInChartOrder()
Exponential backoff reconnect (0.5 s → 5.0 s cap) — chart survives Deepgram drops
No server-side session state — browser reconnect restores chart from React state

✨ Key Features

🎙️ Voice & Real-Time

< 50 ms end-to-end latency — 20× under target
Deepgram Nova-3 with dental keyterm vocabulary boost
Interim transcripts for live visual feedback
Clinical audio cues on commit / error / advance

🦷 Clinical Completeness

32-tooth full arch, universal numbering
192 measurement positions — none skipped
Pocket depth · bleeding · recession · furcation · mobility · missing · implant

🤖 AI Accuracy

3-layer verification: Normalizer → Rules → Whisper+DeepSeek
Consumed-index triplet extraction — no tooth/depth confusion
Statistical outlier detection against neighbouring depths
Compound one-breath commands fully parsed

⚙️ Reliability

Zero state collapses per session
Per-tooth undo stack — voice "undo"
Auto-reconnect with exponential backoff
PDF export · AI clinical summary on demand
Live debug panel: state machine · parser log · timeline

🎤 Voice Command Reference

Spoken	Action
`"tooth fourteen"`	Jump cursor to tooth #14
`"buccal"` · `"lingual"`	Switch active surface
`"three five four"`	Commit depth triplet — mesial / mid / distal
`"bleeding"`	Mark current site DP positive
`"recession two"`	Record 2 mm recession value
`"missing"`	Mark tooth absent, auto-advance cursor
`"implant"`	Mark tooth as implant
`"furcation buccal class 2"`	Furcation class with surface metadata
`"undo"`	Pop per-tooth snapshot stack
`"next tooth"`	Advance cursor in chart order

📁 Repository

ToothStream/
│
├── backend/
│   ├── main.py           FastAPI · /ws/audio · /api/whisper-verify
│   │                     /api/deepseek-decision · /api/generate-report
│   │                     Three async coroutines per WS session
│   ├── parser.py         Token-level extractor · consumed-index tracking
│   └── normalizer.py     Homophone + dental alias corrections
│
└── frontend/src/
    ├── clinicalRules.ts                  7-rule validation gate  ◄ Layer 2
    └── components/
        ├── WebSocketProvider.tsx         Chart state + state machine  ◄ core
        ├── transcriptParser.ts           Voice → PerioPayload
        ├── clinicalRulesBridge.ts        Rules context + DeepSeek bridge
        ├── whisperVerification.ts        WAV encode + Whisper fallback  ◄ Layer 3a
        ├── deepseekDecision.ts           DeepSeek arbitration  ◄ Layer 3b
        ├── useDeepgramTranscription.ts   AudioWorklet → 16 kHz PCM → WS
        ├── PerioChart.tsx                Full-arch chart orchestrator
        └── EnhancedToothCard.tsx         Per-tooth SVG + depth render

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites: Python 3.10+ · Node.js 18+ · Deepgram API key (free)

git clone https://github.com/A-VISHAL/ToothStream.git
cd ToothStream

Windows — one command

start.bat

Installs everything, starts both servers.

Backend

cd backend
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
echo "DEEPGRAM_API_KEY=your_key" > .env
uvicorn main:app --port 8000 --reload

# Frontend (new terminal)
cd frontend && npm install && PORT=3002 npm start

Service	URL
Frontend	`http://localhost:3002`
Backend	`http://127.0.0.1:8000`
WebSocket	`ws://127.0.0.1:8000/ws/audio`

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
Latest commit History 85 Commits
backend		backend
frontend		frontend
.gitignore		.gitignore
200 WORDS RIGHT UP.pdf		200 WORDS RIGHT UP.pdf
README.md		README.md
ToothStream_Supported_Voice_Commands.pdf		ToothStream_Supported_Voice_Commands.pdf
start.bat		start.bat

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"A solo clinician probes. They speak. The chart fills itself."

📄 Project Documentation & Guides

📝 200-Word Technical Write-up

🎙️ Supported Voice Commands

🩺 The Problem

⚡ Live Demo

📺 Video Demo

Click the video preview below to watch the demo on YouTube

🔄 How It Works

🏗 System Design

Component Architecture

State Machine — Chart Cursor

Single-Utterance Data Flow

🤖 AI Pipeline

Layer 1

Layer 2

Layer 3

📋 Requirements

Functional Requirements

Non-Functional Requirements

🎯 Judging Criteria

⚡ Real-Time Latency — 40%

🎯 Clinical Accuracy — 40%

🛡️ Robustness — 20%

✨ Key Features

🎤 Voice Command Reference

📁 Repository

🚀 Quick Start

🛠 Tech Stack

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