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EasyRead: a speech recognition-based tool to assist users in public speaking, targeted at those with speech/language disorders (by Vadapalli Dedeep Sai, Tan Yong Tat and Raghav Kumar) - 2nd Place at NUSH Hack 2023

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Inspiration

We've all experienced the stress and horror of being forced to speak in front of a large audience - having to remember and read hundreds or thousands of words with perfection. On top of all the pressure that comes with speaking, you also have the additional responsibility to follow along with your script. For those of us who suffer from speech or language disorders, this is frequently a nightmarish situation. We wanted to remove the multitasking from this stressful scenario, to enable those with such learning disabilities to perform their best.

What it does

EasyRead is an easily accessible and fast online tool that uses AI Speech Recognition to help you follow along a script automatically. It highlights and scrolls to the words to say next as you speak, making it a hands-free and fully synchronized experience that can even account for errors with our algorithm.

How we built it

We used Next.JS 14 and React Speech Recognition to create a smooth and responsive website, hosted on Vercel. Tailwind and Chakra UI were used to beautify the app.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

EasyRead is fully functional and can be accessed from any modern device with a microphone - be it laptop, desktop or mobile, making it perfect for easy use.

What's next for EasyRead

An upgraded speech recognition model, and a database for persistent storage of multiple scripts based on user accounts.

This is a Next.js project bootstrapped with [create-next-app]

Trying it out

Try out EasyRead here

Getting Started On Localhost

First, run the development server:

npm run dev
# or
yarn dev
# or
pnpm dev
# or
bun dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

You can start editing the page by modifying app/page.tsx. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.

This project uses next/font to automatically optimize and load Inter, a custom Google Font.

Learn More

To learn more about Next.js, take a look at the following resources:

You can check out the Next.js GitHub repository - your feedback and contributions are welcome!

Deploy on Vercel

The easiest way to deploy your Next.js app is to use the Vercel Platform from the creators of Next.js.

Check out our Next.js deployment documentation for more details.

Work Distribution Matrix

Sai- Frontend

Yong Tat- Algorithm

Raghav- Data Storage

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