Make Python Talk: Build Apps with Voice Control and Speech Recognition

This fun, hands-on book will take your basic Python skills to the next level as you build voice-controlled apps to use for everyday tasks. It begins with a refresher on Python basics and an introduction to speech recognition and text-to-speech functionalities. Then, you'll ease into more advanced topics like creating your own modules and voice-controlled games and apps. Each chapter builds on previous projects, allowing you to see real results from your code at a manageable pace, while end-of-chapter exercises strengthen your understanding. You'll design interactive games, like Connect Four and tic-tac-toe, and create intelligent computer opponents that talk and respond to commands. You'll make a real-time language translator, a hands-free music player, and voice-activated financial apps that track your favorite stocks or cryptocurrencies. Finally, you'll load all of these features into the ultimate virtual personal assistant (VPA) that tells jokes, reads the news, and gives you hands-free control of your email, browser, music player, desktop files, and more. Learn how to: Build Python modules, create animations, and integrate live data into an app, Apply web-scraping skills to voice-control podcasts, videos, and online searches, Fine-tune speech recognition functions to accept a variety of input, Use speech commands for regular tasks like opening files and accessing the web, Design a VPA that can answer almost any question, Packed with downloadable cross-platform code examples, fun and adaptable exercises, and detailed images, Make Python Talk is your path to both Python proficiency and real-world efficiency.