Building a virtual assistant for Raspberry Pi : the practical guide for constructing a voice-controlled virtual assistant /: the practical guide for constructing a voice-controlled virtual assistant. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tanay Pant.
• Authors: Pant, Tanay
• Contents: At a Glance; Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction to Virtual Assistants; Commercial Virtual Assistants; Raspberry Pi; How a Virtual Assistant Works; Speech-to-Text Engine; Logic Engine; Text-to-Speech Engine; Setting Up Your Development Environment; Python 2.x; Python Package Index (PyPI); Version Control System (Git); PortAudio; PyAudio; Designing Melissa; Learning Methodology; Summary; Chapter 2: Understanding and Building an Application with STT and TTS; Speech-to-Text Engines; Freely Available STTs. Installing SpeechRecognitionRecording Audio to a WAV File; Speech Recognition; Google STT; Wit.ai STT; IBM STT; AT & T STT; Melissa's Inception; Text-to-Speech Engine; OS X; Linux; Building the TTS Engine; Repeat What I Say; Integrating STT and TTS in Melissa; Version-Controlling Your Source Code; Obtaining the Code from GitHub; Summary; Chapter 3: Getting Your Hands Dirty: Conversation Module; Logic Engine Design; Making Melissa Responsive; Fixing Limitation 1; Fixing Limitation 2; Extending Functionality; What's the Time, Melissa?; Committing Changes; Summary. Chapter 4: Using the Internet to Gather InformationHow's the Weather?; Define Artificial Intelligence!; Read Me Some Business News!; Text-Controlled Virtual Assistant; Selenium and Automation; Time to Sleep, Melissa!; Summary; Chapter 5: Developing a Music Player for Melissa; OS X Music Player; Linux Music Player; Module Workflow; Building the Music Module; Play Party Mix!; Summary; Chapter 6: Developing a Note-Taking Application; Design Workflow; Designing the Database; Inner Workings of the Virtual Assistant; Building the Note-Taking Module; Building a Note-Dictating Module; Exercises. Offline Speech-to-Text (STT)Where Do I Use Melissa?; Drones; Humanoid Robots; House-Automation Systems; Burglar-Detection System; Summary; Index.
• Publisher Details: United States : Apress
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 95 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 005.1; 004; Computer science; Application software -- Development; Intelligent personal assistants (Computer software); Raspberry Pi (Computer); COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- Personal Computers -- PCs; Application software -- Development; Intelligent personal assistants (Computer software); Raspberry Pi (Computer); Computers -- Intelligence (AI) & Semantics; Technology & Engineering -- Robotics; Artificial intelligence; Robotics; Artificial intelligence; Computers -- Hardware -- General; Computer hardware; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484221679; 1484221672
• Related ISBNs: 9781484221662; 1484221664
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 9, 2016).
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