Inezariane/kinyarwanda-voice-assistant

A kinyarwanda Voice Assistant that accepts user inputs in Kinyarwanda and responds in the same language. # 🗣️ Kinyarwanda Voice Assistant 🇷🇼 This project is a voice assistant for the Kinyarwanda language using OpenAI's Whisper model. It allows users to transcribe audio into text, making speech-to-text accessible for Kinyarwanda speakers. ## 📌 Features - 🔊 Load and process audio files - 🧠 Transcribe Kinyarwanda speech using a fine-tuned Whisper model - 📝 Simple, lightweight, and easy to extend ## 🛠️ Tech Stack - Python 3.12+ - PyTorch - torchaudio - HuggingFace Transformers - Whisper model (`benax-rw/KinyaWhisper`) ## 🚀 Getting Started ### 1. Clone the repo ```bash git clone github.com cd kinyarwanda-voice-assistant ``` ### 2. Install the dependencies ```bash pip install -r requirements.txt ``` ### 3. Run the application ```bash cd app python assistant.py ``` ### 👉🏾 Please make sure you are connected to a stable internet as the model requires heavy dependencies. ## Credits - Model by github.com