Desktop Voice Assistant for Visually Impaired
Ankush Yadav1, Aman Singh2, Aniket Sharma3, Ankur Sindhu4, Umang Rastogi5

1Ankush Yadav, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Baghpat Bypass, Meerut, U.P.
2Aman Singh, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Baghpat Bypass, Meerut, U.P.
3Aniket Sharma, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Baghpat Bypass, Meerut, U.P.
4Ankur Sindhu, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Baghpat Bypass, Meerut, U.P.
5Umang Rastogi, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Baghpat Bypass, Meerut, U.P.

Manuscript received on May 25, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on June 29, 2020. | Manuscript published on July 30, 2020. | PP: 36-39 | Volume-9 Issue-2, July 2020. | Retrieval Number: A2753059120/2020©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.A2753.079220
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Abstract: A personal voice assistant is the software that can perform task and provide different services to the individual as per the individual’s dictated commands. This is done through a synchronous process involving recognition of speech patterns and then, responding via synthetic speech. Through these assistants a user can automate tasks ranging from but not limited to mailing, tasks management and media playback. As the technology is developing day by day people are becoming more dependent on it, one of the mostly used platform is computer. We all want to make the use of these computers more comfortable, traditional way to give a command to the computer is through keyboard but a more convenient way is to input the command through voice. Giving input through voice is not only beneficial for the normal people but also for those who are visually impaired who are not able to give the input by using a keyboard. For this purpose, there is a need of a voice assistant which can not only take command through voice but also execute the desired instructions and give output either in the form of voice or any other means. Keywords: A personal voice assistant is the software that can perform task and provide different services to the individual as per the individual’s dictated commands. This is done through a synchronous process involving recognition of speech patterns and then, responding via synthetic speech. Through these assistants a user can automate tasks ranging from but not limited to mailing, tasks management and media playback. As the technology is developing day by day people are becoming more dependent on it, one of the mostly used platform is computer. We all want to make the use of these computers more comfortable, traditional way to give a command to the computer is through keyboard but a more convenient way is to input the command through voice. Giving input through voice is not only beneficial for the normal people but also for those who are visually impaired who are not able to give the input by using a keyboard. For this purpose, there is a need of a voice assistant which can not only take command through voice but also execute the desired instructions and give output either in the form of voice or any other means. 
Keywords: Python script, speech recognition, voice assistant Abbreviation: API (Application program interface), NLP (natural language processing), TTS (Text-To-Speech).