Installation

Install Python 3

For Windows

Download Python 3 here then install it in your computer.

For Linux and MacOS

No need to install python3 separetly. To see which version of Python 3 you have already installed, open a command prompt and run python3 --version

Install pip

pip is a package-management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python.

For windows user

No need to install pip separetly after installing python 3.

For linux user

Open terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T in Ubuntu) then write the command and press enter sudo apt install pip

Install virtualenv using pip:

pip install virtualenv

In the project root directory

Create a virtual environment using virtualenv:

virtualenv venv

venv can be any name.

Active virtual environment venv:

In the project root directory type:

For Windows:

"venv/Scripts/activate.bat" and hit enter

For Linux:

source/venv/bin/activate and hit enter

Now install some required libraries for our project:

Install python timezone

pip install pytz

Install python image library

pip install Pillow

Install python SpeechRecognition library

pip install SpeechRecognition

Install python PyAudio library (Required to work with SpeechRecognition):

There is no wheel (prebuilt package) for Python 3.7 or above on Windows. We need to download pyaudio from here.

After download, just type

pip install <downloaded file name>

Install python text-to-speech library:

pip install pyttsx3

pyttsx3 is a Text to Speech (TTS) library for Python 2 and 3. Works without internet connection or delay. Supports multiple TTS engines, including Sapi5, nsss, and espeak.

Install python vlc library to work with VLC media player:

pip install python-vlc 

This module provides ctypes-based bindings for the native libvlc API of the VLC video player. Note that it relies on an already present install of VLC.

Install python pafy library:

pip install pafy

Retrieve YouTube content and metadata. Retrieve the URL to stream the video in a vlc player.

Install youtube-dl (Required to work with pafy)

pip install --upgrade youtube_dl

Install the Google client library:

pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlib

For Google calendar events:

Turn on the Google Calendar API from here and download the credentials.json file and place it to root directory.

Caution

We may need to check on our microphone volume settings. If it's too sensitive, the microphone may be picking up a lot of ambient noise. If it is too insensitive, the microphone may be rejecting speech as just noise.

Watch output on YouTube:

Thank you all and happy codding...

Abdullah Almasud