🗣️ SpeakVerse

SpeakVerse is an innovative open-source project that brings AI-powered conversations to life! 🚀 It seamlessly combines Deepgram for lightning-fast speech-to-text, ElevenLabs for ultra-realistic voice synthesis, and OpenAI's cutting-edge GPT-4o for intelligent, human-like dialogue.

✨ Features

• 🎙️ Real-time speech-to-text using Deepgram
• 🔊 High-quality text-to-speech with ElevenLabs
• 🧠 Intelligent conversation powered by OpenAI's GPT-4o
• ⚡ Smooth interactions with instant speech interruptions
• 📊 Visual audio feedback with a dynamic visualizer

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (version 14 or higher)
• npm or yarn

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/iamsrikanthnani/SpeakVerse.git
   cd SpeakVerse

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   # or
   yarn install

3. Set up environment variables: Rename .env.example to .env.local in the root directory and add your API keys:

   DEEPGRAM_API_KEY=your_deepgram_api_key
   ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=your_elevenlabs_api_key
   OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key
   

4. Run the development server:

   npm run dev
   # or
   yarn dev

5. Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser and start conversing! 🎉

🎭 Usage

1. 🎤 Allow microphone access when prompted by your browser.
2. 🗣️ Speak clearly into your microphone.
3. 📝 Watch as the app transcribes your speech in real-time.
4. 🤖 GPT-4o processes your input and generates a witty response.
5. 🔉 The response is converted to lifelike speech using ElevenLabs.
6. 👂 Listen to the AI's response through your speakers.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Next.js - React framework for building the UI
• Tailwind CSS - For styling
• Deepgram SDK - For real-time speech recognition
• ElevenLabs - For high-quality text-to-speech
• OpenAI API - For GPT-4o language model integration

🤝 Contributing

We love contributions! Here's how you can help:

1. 🍴 Fork the repository
2. 🌿 Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. 💻 Code your magic
4. 🔍 Ensure your code follows the project's style and passes all tests
5. 📝 Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
6. 🚀 Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
7. 🎉 Open a Pull Request

For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Pull Request Guidelines

• Ensure your code follows the project's coding standards
• Update the README.md with details of changes to the interface, if applicable
• Increase the version numbers in any examples files and the README.md to the new version that this Pull Request would represent

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Deepgram for their awesome speech-to-text API
• ElevenLabs for the mind-blowing voice synthesis
• OpenAI for the incredible GPT-4o language model

📞 Contact

Srikanth Nani - srikanthnani.com - @truly_sn

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Happy coding! 🎈 May your conversations with AI be ever-engaging and your code ever-elegant!