https://github.com/iamsaksham-21/echo_vision

EchoVision is an AI-powered assistive technology for blind and visually impaired people. It combines voice interaction and camera-based object detection to describe surroundings, answer questions, and provide information—giving users at least 1% more visibility and independence.
https://github.com/iamsaksham-21/echo_vision

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EchoVision is an AI-powered assistive technology for blind and visually impaired people. It combines voice interaction and camera-based object detection to describe surroundings, answer questions, and provide information—giving users at least 1% more visibility and independence.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/iamsaksham-21/echo_vision
• Owner: iamsaksham-21
• Created: 2025-08-30T08:42:43.000Z (11 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-08-30T08:49:50.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-08-30T10:21:40.482Z (11 months ago)
• Topics: html-css-javascript, opencv, python
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 5.58 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# 👁‍🗨 EchoVision

*EchoVision* is an AI-powered assistive technology project created for *blind and visually impaired people*.  

It uses *voice interaction* and *camera-based vision* to provide environmental awareness, object recognition, and information access.  

EchoVision’s goal is to give users “at least 1% visibility of the world”, helping them live with greater independence.

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## ✨ Features

- 🎙 *Voice Assistant* – Understands user commands through speech.  

- 🗣 *Text-to-Speech (TTS)* – Responds with natural, clear speech.  

- 👁 *Camera Object Detection* – Detects and describes objects/people in front of the user.  

- 🌍 *Information Access* – Wikipedia search, quotes, jokes, and time updates.  

- 🎶 *Entertainment* – Play requested songs on YouTube.  

- ☁ *Weather Updates* – Real-time weather reports.  

- 🖥 *Basic App Support* – Opens system apps like Notepad and Calculator.  

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## 🛠 Tech Stack

- *Python 3.x*

- *Speech & Voice*  

  - [SpeechRecognition](https://pypi.org/project/SpeechRecognition/)  

  - [PyAudio](https://pypi.org/project/PyAudio/)  

  - [pyttsx3](https://pypi.org/project/pyttsx3/)  

- *Computer Vision*  

  - [OpenCV](https://pypi.org/project/opencv-python/)  

  - [YOLO / Deep Learning models]  

- *Data & Web*  

  - [Wikipedia](https://pypi.org/project/wikipedia/)  

  - [Requests](https://pypi.org/project/requests/)  

  - [BeautifulSoup4](https://pypi.org/project/beautifulsoup4/)  

- *Web Framework*  

  - [Flask](https://pypi.org/project/Flask/)  

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## 📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   ```bash

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/echovision.git

   cd echovision