INTRODUCTION

A voice assistant is like a friendly computer helper that understands and talks with
the user's voice. It can perform tasks like telling user the weather, playing music,
answering questions, and even setting reminders. Just by talking to it, users can get
things done without having to type or press buttons. It's like having a smart friend
who listens and helps. Voice assistants started to become more prominent and
widely known in the early 2010s. Since , the voice assistants have become
increasingly integrated into various devices and applications, ranging from
smartphones and smart speakers to cars, appliances, and more. The technology has
continued to advance, with ongoing developments in speech recognition, natural
language processing, and artificial intelligence. Voice assistants have
revolutionized the way we interact with technology, offering a host of practical and
convenient benefits. One of the primary advantages is hands-free operation,
enabling users to perform tasks and access information without needing to
physically interact with devices. This proves invaluable while driving, cooking, or
engaging in activities where manual input might be challenging. Voice assistants
also enhance accessibility for individuals with disabilities, offering a more
inclusive and seamless user experience. Imagine having a helpful friend who
understands what user say and can do tasks for user just by listening to user voice.
This friend is like a smart computer helper called a virtual personal assistant. It's
like having a super-smart system that can follow user voice commands and do
things like reading user messages out loud, finding phone numbers, scheduling
appointments, and even setting reminders.

Back in the old days, people used to hire someone, like a personal assistant or
secretary, to do these kinds of tasks. But now, technology has made everything
much easier. This special device, which we'll talk about more, can do all these
tasks and more, without getting tired or needing a salary. It's small and easy to take
with user wherever user can go. It can store a lot of information, and user don't
have to worry much about losing it. This device has some great advantages over
having a human assistant. It can work all day without getting tired, and user only
have to buy it once, so user save a lot of money compared to paying a person's
salary. It's also really handy because user can carry it around and use it wherever
user want. It's like having a helpful friend that never complains. User might have
heard of some popular virtual personal assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Cortana.
They are like the superstars of this technology world. Some of them even have
special screens that can show user things. These assistants use special parts inside
them, like microphones and speakers, to understand what user're saying. They're so
smart that they even have their own special computers (servers) to help them
understand user voice and do tasks quickly.Now, let's talk about something even
cooler. We have this amazing tool called a Raspberry Pi, which is like a tiny
computer. It's super affordable and can do lots of cool things. With Raspberry Pi,
we can create a new kind of friend, an educational tool for kids that uses user voice
to help user learn. It's like having a magical teacher that user can talk to. This tool
is special because it listens to user voice and understands what user're saying. It
can read stories to user, help user learn math and science, and even play games
with user. And guess what? It doesn't need a big server like other assistants. It does
all its clever thinking right inside itself. So, user can carry user new learning friend
anywhere and have fun learning with user voice.In the world of technology, where
talking to computers is like magic, this voice-based educational tool on Raspberry
Pi is like a treasure chest of knowledge and fun, waiting to help kids like user
explore, learn, and have a great time.

Recently, the biggest changes have been happening in Virtual Assistants – the way
we talk to them and our experience using them. We're using these assistants for
various tasks like turning lights on and off or playing music from apps like Wynk
Music and Spotify. This new way of talking to technology is like having a new
friend. In the past, the term "virtual assistants" referred to professionals who
provided online services. Now, when we talk about voice assistants, we're referring
to something different. The process involves turning text into speech, then
understanding the intention behind the text, and finally taking action based on that
intention. Voice assistants have evolved and will continue to get better. These
voice assistants, powered by AI (Artificial Intelligence), can be really helpful in
different areas like IT support, controlling things in our homes, handling HR tasks,
and even searching the internet using just our voice. Voice-based searches are
becoming more important, and many people are relying on voice assistants for
everything. In this proposal, we've created an AI-based voice assistant that can do
all these tasks smoothly and without any trouble.
 Literature Survey
Dimitri Dojchinovski et. Al. [7] proposed an Interactive Home Health Care System
with Integrated Voice Assistant to solve the obstacles patients face when using
wearable health sensors in their home environment. They employed two voice
enabled assistants namely Cardio cube and Pillo to communicate with patient and
about their health issues from comfort of their home and to manage and
personalize the patients’ healthcare regimen. A Medical cloud to store the
Electronic Health Record (EHR) of the patients. Savvy ECG sensor that constantly
measures ECG signals. And a Web application is used as a bridge between the
cloud and user. However as of now the voice assistants are just able to transmit and
receive the patients EHR.

Siddharth Chaudhary et. Al. [8] proposed an Intelligent Device Disambiguation for
Smart Home Control. They used Machine learning algorithms such as Decision
Tree, Random Forest and XGBoost which deals with the problem of device
disambiguation between same class of devices, faced by smart assistants at home.
However, the accuracy obtained from the results was 71.15%, a precision of
75.16%.

David Sheppard et. Al. [9] proposed a Development of Voice Commands in

Digital Signage for Improved Indoor Navigation Using Google Assistant SDK.
And employed a Pico i.MX7D development board, the board features an
implementation of two ARM Cortex-A7 cores and ARM Cortex-M4 core. Custom
commands are defined using a action package named as JavaScript Object
Notation (JSON) and by using Google Assistant SDK the communication between
the user and GUI was build. However, the software some times had trouble
recognizing the word “route” instead of word “room”.

Pragna Mallikarjuna Swamy et. Al. [10] proposed a Voice Assistant and Facial
Analysis basedapproach to Screen Test Clinical Depression. The proposed system
consists of two modules namely Facial Analysis and Voice Assistant module. They
employed Patient Health Questionniare-9 (PHQ-9) for screening test. And used
Gaussian Mixture and Support Vector Machine hybrid classifier for observing
facial features. chatbot was implemented by gathering the information of the
treatment records and the symptoms fromthe Doctor Me application. However, the
accuracy of the facial analysis model was found to be 84% for the 100 training
images.

A Karthik et. Al. [11] proposed Voice assistance For Visually Impaired People,
andemployed a Raspberry Pi as its microcontroller. They used Optical Character
Recognition (OCR) helps in recognizing texts from image, and the (TTS) Text To
Speech converter determines the language and recognizes the characters from the
text using OCR. And they employed a Raspberry Pi camera to capture the quality
pictures.

Tejas C et. Al. [12] proposed an Assistive Technology: An IoT based device for
Physically Challenged People and Hospital Inmates. The system uses ARM
controller at the transmitter end and a Raspberry Pi at the receiver end. The
wireless communication was achieved by using Zig-bee protocol, 9V bulb and a
buzzer to indicate the user that the message was transmitted, and a monitor to
display the message to the nurse. However the proposed system has limited
number of input buttons on the system.

M. F. M. Idros et. Al. [13] proposed an Enhancing Autonomous Vehicle Safety

through Voice-Activated Automatic Signaling. The system focused on using voice
recognition technology in autonomous vehicles (AVs) to automatically activate
turn signals. The goal was to prevent accidents caused by drivers forgetting to use
their signals when changing lanes or making turns. The system used a Raspberry Pi
and Google Assistant to achieve this. The Raspberry Pi controlled the signals and
listened to voice commands from Waze Navigation. Google Assistant processed
the voice commands and compared them with programmed instructions to decide
when to activate the turn signals. This system does not aims to enhance the existing
automatic signaling system in vehicles, making it more accurate.

Pooja Singh et. Al. [14] proposed an Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant. The device
serves as an intelligent personal assistant that performs tasks based on voice
commands from the user. The paper covers various aspects, including the working
of the device, hardware and software implementation, modules like setting timers,
checking current time, weather updates, sending emails, using a calculator, and
playing music. The system has the potential for enhancement by incorporating a
 camera. By integrating a camera, we could enable the device to learn and identify
various actions, allowing it to respond intelligently based on visual cues.

Shubhang Khattar et. Al. [15] proposed an Raspberry Pi Home Control and Virtual
Assistant System. The Virtual Assistant named "Olivia" has been designed
specifically for homes to convert them into Smart Homes. Users can interact with
Olivia solely through their voice to manage tasks around the house. Olivia resides
within a Raspberry Pi, a compact and cost-effective computer that can be
connected to various devices like microphones, speakers, cameras, and sensors.
Olivia can seamlessly integrate into a variety of appliances and devices by utilizing
components like Wi-Fi switches, PIR sensors, and Door/Window sensors. By
incorporating these elements, Olivia can transform an ordinary home into a
comprehensive and genuine smart home experience.

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