Personal Voice Assistant in Python (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

As we know Python is a suitable language for script writers and developers. Let's write a script for Personal Voice Assistant using Python. The query for the assistant can be manipulated as per the user's need. The implemented assistant can open up the application (if it's installed in the system), search Google, Wikipedia and YouTube about the query, calculate any mathematical question, etc by just giving the voice command. We can process the data as per the need or can add the functionality, depends upon how we code things. We are using Google speech recognition API and google text to speech for voice input and output respectively. Also, for calculating mathematical expression WolframAlpha API can be used. Playsound Package is used to play the saved mp3 sound from the system.

Python external Package Requirements:

-> gTTS - Google Text To Speech, for converting the given text to speech -> speech_recognition - for recognizing the voice command and converting to text -> selenium - for web based work from browser -> wolframalpha - for calculation given by user -> playsound - for playing the saved audio file. -> playaudio - for voice engine in python

Well, let's get started with code. We will divide each function as a single code for easy understanding. Here's the main function, with get_audio() and assistant_speaks function. get_audio() function is created to get the audio from user using microphone, the phrase limit is set to 5 seconds (you can change it). Assistant speaks function is created to provide the output according to the processed data.

Python3 `

importing speech recognition package from google api

import speech_recognition as sr import playsound # to play saved mp3 file from gtts import gTTS # google text to speech import os # to save/open files import wolframalpha # to calculate strings into formula from selenium import webdriver # to control browser operations

num = 1 def assistant_speaks(output): global num

# num to rename every audio file 
# with different name to remove ambiguity
num += 1
print("PerSon : ", output)

toSpeak = gTTS(text = output, lang ='en', slow = False)
# saving the audio file given by google text to speech
file = str(num)+".mp3 
toSpeak.save(file)

# playsound package is used to play the same file.
playsound.playsound(file, True) 
os.remove(file)

def get_audio():

rObject = sr.Recognizer()
audio = ''

with sr.Microphone() as source:
    print("Speak...")
    
    # recording the audio using speech recognition
    audio = rObject.listen(source, phrase_time_limit = 5) 
print("Stop.") # limit 5 secs

try:

    text = rObject.recognize_google(audio, language ='en-US')
    print("You : ", text)
    return text

except:

    assistant_speaks("Could not understand your audio, PLease try again !")
    return 0

Driver Code

if name == "main": assistant_speaks("What's your name, Human?") name ='Human' name = get_audio() assistant_speaks("Hello, " + name + '.')

while(1):

    assistant_speaks("What can i do for you?")
    text = get_audio().lower()

    if text == 0:
        continue

    if "exit" in str(text) or "bye" in str(text) or "sleep" in str(text):
        assistant_speaks("Ok bye, "+ name+'.')
        break

    # calling process text to process the query
    process_text(text)

`

So, we have got an idea here how we are giving voice to the machine and take input from user. The next step and the main step is how you want to process your input. This is just basic code, there is a lot of other algorithms(NLP) can be used to process the text in a proper manner. We have made it static. Also, Wolframalpha api has been used to calculate the calculations part.

Python3 `

def process_text(input): try: if 'search' in input or 'play' in input: # a basic web crawler using selenium search_web(input) return

    elif "who are you" in input or "define yourself" in input:
        speak = '''Hello, I am Person. Your personal Assistant.
        I am here to make your life easier. You can command me to perform
        various tasks such as calculating sums or opening applications etcetra'''
        assistant_speaks(speak)
        return

    elif "who made you" in input or "created you" in input:
        speak = "I have been created by Sheetansh Kumar."
        assistant_speaks(speak)
        return

    elif "geeksforgeeks" in input:# just
        speak = """Geeks for Geeks is the Best Online Coding Platform for learning."""
        assistant_speaks(speak)
        return

    elif "calculate" in input.lower():
        
        # write your wolframalpha app_id here
        app_id = "WOLFRAMALPHA_APP_ID" 
        client = wolframalpha.Client(app_id)

        indx = input.lower().split().index('calculate')
        query = input.split()[indx + 1:]
        res = client.query(' '.join(query))
        answer = next(res.results).text
        assistant_speaks("The answer is " + answer)
        return

    elif 'open' in input:
        
        # another function to open 
        # different application available
        open_application(input.lower()) 
        return

    else:

        assistant_speaks("I can search the web for you, Do you want to continue?")
        ans = get_audio()
        if 'yes' in str(ans) or 'yeah' in str(ans):
            search_web(input)
        else:
            return
except :

    assistant_speaks("I don't understand, I can search the web for you, Do you want to continue?")
    ans = get_audio()
    if 'yes' in str(ans) or 'yeah' in str(ans):
        search_web(input)

`

Now we have processed the input, it's time for action! There are two functions included that is search_web and open_application. search_web is just a web crawler which uses selenium package to process. It can search google, wikipedia and can open YouTube. You just have to say include the name and it will open it in the Firefox browser. For other browsers, you need to install a proper browser package in selenium. Here we are using webdriver for Firefox. open_application is just a function uses os package to open the application present in the system.

Python3 `

def search_web(input):

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.implicitly_wait(1)
driver.maximize_window()

if 'youtube' in input.lower():

    assistant_speaks("Opening in youtube")
    indx = input.lower().split().index('youtube')
    query = input.split()[indx + 1:]
    driver.get("https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query =" + '+'.join(query))
    return

elif 'wikipedia' in input.lower():

    assistant_speaks("Opening Wikipedia")
    indx = input.lower().split().index('wikipedia')
    query = input.split()[indx + 1:]
    driver.get("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" + '_'.join(query))
    return

else:

    if 'google' in input:

        indx = input.lower().split().index('google')
        query = input.split()[indx + 1:]
        driver.get("https://www.google.com/search?q =" + '+'.join(query))

    elif 'search' in input:

        indx = input.lower().split().index('google')
        query = input.split()[indx + 1:]
        driver.get("https://www.google.com/search?q =" + '+'.join(query))

    else:

        driver.get("https://www.google.com/search?q =" + '+'.join(input.split()))

    return

function used to open application

present inside the system.

def open_application(input):

if "chrome" in input:
    assistant_speaks("Google Chrome")
    os.startfile('C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe')
    return

elif "firefox" in input or "mozilla" in input:
    assistant_speaks("Opening Mozilla Firefox")
    os.startfile('C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe')
    return

elif "word" in input:
    assistant_speaks("Opening Microsoft Word")
    os.startfile('C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office 2013\\Word 2013.lnk')
    return

elif "excel" in input:
    assistant_speaks("Opening Microsoft Excel")
    os.startfile('C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office 2013\\Excel 2013.lnk')
    return

else:

    assistant_speaks("Application not available")
    return

`

Here are some of the examples and output, which can help you understand how the above processing works.

  1. Say "Search google Geeks for Geeks"
  2. Say "Play Youtube your favourite song"
  3. Say "Wikipedia Dhoni"
  4. Say "Open Microsoft Word"
  5. Say "Calculate anything you want"

In all the above cases, it will give do what is told. If the assistant can't understand what is told it will ask you to google search it. For the thing which assistant can't do is handled by this assistant. Below are some screenshots for the talk between human and the assistant. Well, that's it. The above functionality can be coded in many ways, this is a basic implementation. Make sure you have the latest version of all the above packages for smooth work. To run the above code combine all the functions in same file.