Inspiration
This is a web application built using speech-recognition and various technologies to solve a real world problem that I encountered. The problem from which I got the inspiration to build this web application was : few years earlier was not able to make documents because I was not having laptop. : In winter season no one likes to write or make use of their finger to type, but If we get some task/assignment to do then unwillingly we have to use our fingers. So this web app solves both of the listed problem.
What it does
This application converts speech to text and vice versa due to which it provide certain feature to the end user. Some of the feature are listed here :
- User can convert their speech to text
- User can make a long note/docs with this app and there is feature to listen from which user can cross check for any mistakes in their notes.
- User can simply download the notes/transcript in PDF form.
- User also have the power to send all the transcript to their email.
How we built it
We build this web application by using several technologies which made my work easier. In the backend Twilio SendGrid is used for sending mails, firebase has helped me to store all the transcript and with the help of JSPdf I have managed to do conversion of text to pdf.
Challenges we ran into
After converting speech to text, I thought of giving a feature to convert the text to speech and handling both of them in same thread was a bit hard to go. And one more challenge that I have faced was converting the typed/spoken text to pdf but I have managed to achieve my goal and overcome all challenges. Unfortunately I didn't got my free 300 credit on google cloud even after applying verifying my debit/credit card 3-4 times, so I was not able to utilize the features provided by google cloud and this has became the most challenging or problematic part of this hackathon journey.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Making this project all alone in a couple of days was a bit challenging for me. But I managed to do so and I'm really proud of it.
What we learned
As I am beginner in the world of DevOps, hackathons but due to this hackathon I got the interest to learn many new technologies like Twilio, JSPdf, Docker, etc. and their different use cases.
What's next for JustSpeak
I'm planning to configure this app to run on Kubernetes by making use google cloud for hosting and send email via beautiful templates. I have also planned to add some authentication and security verification steps to the application.
Log in or sign up for Devpost to join the conversation.