News Application

Project Title

News Application

Project Area of Specialization Artificial IntelligenceProject Summary

To make life easier, advancements are being made in technology, and voice control is one of the leading technologies which are gradually being implemented on more and more devices. Voice control has become one of the most in-demand skills. More and more applications and services provide voice control capabilities. Voice control capabilities provide a very easy and hands-free experience for the user and enable him to use the service without having to physically use the device with his/her hands. The modern lifestyles do not allow us to take time from busy schedules to sit down and read newspapers, magazines, etc to get informed about the latest events happening all around the world. With each successive generation, the society struggle, even more, to stay informed and educated about the world. Reading and attaining the latest news was a well-practiced habit that was followed by a huge part of the society that seems to get forgotten gradually. With the involvement and introduction of technology, it is observed that new ways of news reading are getting replacing old methods. News is manually customized to grab the attention and notice of its reader and is even available in a short, to-the-point format. There are various major, big news apps that give e-papers and a gist of news as notifications or updates for their readers and users. With every new story or article that is read, the reader gains knowledge about the events taking place across the globe. News reading is the quickest and most effective way to gather knowledge about state and global news. Since news agencies cover all subjects of interest like Fashion, Lifestyle, Fashion, Politics, Sports, Entertainment, and more, the reader is constantly updated about all these facts. The traditional methods of data entry fail the requirements to support all types of users. Thus, it is necessary to develop systems and applications with enhanced usability for all users. Most of the current applications lack the accessibility features that may hinder some users for example visually impaired users. The hands-free approach provided by the system goes to a great length and makes the user interact more often as the user usually prefers to use voice commands rather than giving commands by typing. One of the biggest advantages of the proposed system is that the voice recognition is not limited to just mobile phones, laptops, or computers but voice recognition is being installed in all types of devices that users interact with like smart televisions, smartwatches, etc Voice recognition is also being installed in vehicles. Cars and other automobiles are finding the benefits of voice recognition and voice command. The system is very easy to use, very user-friendly and the user has the choice of language he wants to interact with the system.

Project Objectives

The proposed project offers a new, faster, reliable, easy to use, and user-friendly experience that helps the user to stay informed and stay updated with the events happening around the world. The system is able to identify between the various keywords being said by the user and thus able to return the news according to the query provided by the user. The system distinguishes various sources, locations, topics, and themes of the news that might be interesting for the user. The above-mentioned data showcases how the system performs when various lengths of search queries are put into the system. The system identifies a number of keywords and shows the results according to the keyword identified. As the number of words increases the number of keywords also increases and the system also fetches news articles according to the keywords. Thus, a variety of news articles are fetched which may not be related to the overall search query but related to the particular keyword identified by the system. But still, the system manages to fetch a greater number of related articles as compared to the number of unrelated articles fetched.

Project Implementation Method

The above-mentioned technologies (HTML, CSS, BOOTSTRAP, JAVASCRIPT, RACT, NODE.JS, API, ALAN  AI) combine together and offer the user a perfectly working system that enables him to search and browse through the latest updates, news, and articles from various sources, locations and topics. The system works very precisely, offering the user news from the most reliable and trusted sources. Alan studio offers voice recognition and delivery capabilities and analyses the vocal instructions provided by the user and identifies the keywords and the task that the user has asked. The selected keywords are passed through to the NEWS API that searches for the news articles about the selected keyword and returns the JSON file containing all the textual data that the articles contain. The Material UI helps to extract the data from the JSON file and it passes the extracted data to the Alan studio which once again reads and analyses the data and converts it into voice and reads the articles to the user.

Benefits of the Project

Voice recognition is also being installed in vehicles. Cars and other automobiles are finding the benefits of voice recognition and voice command. The system is very easy to use, very user-friendly and the user has the choice of language he wants to interact with the system. The voice control technology is reaching new levels day by day and the system will also help in tackling one other problem that the normal user faces every day. Apart from some, most people face trouble while typing in a regional language. Most keyboards do not provide enough compatibility and comfort while typing in a regional language. By using the system, the user has the free choice of using the language he prefers. This helps in faster result searching, better user experience, and better user satisfaction. The system also takes care of the user’s privacy. The system does not gets activated on its own and only gets activated when it’s gets prompted by the user. The privacy of the user’s data is one of the key concerns. The data stored in the system is entirely safe; it only records the news sources, news type, etc, only to make the system feel more personal and more customized to the needs and liking of the user. After the development of the proposed idea, the user will be able to tackle the above-mentioned problems and would also be able to get the benefits from one of the fastest developing technologies in the technology industry at this moment of time.

The Proposed system enables a wide range of users to stay informed and updated while using as less time as possible. It makes getting informed and knowledgeable easy and very interesting. People with limited time now can easily get up to date just with the help of a few vocal commands. It also helps physically challenged people to make use of the latest advancements in the technical fields and enables them to stay updated and informed without their health condition hampering them. The system also enables user to listen to the articles that grab their interests and those that it thinks that is important for the user to know. The proposed system is a fine example of how one of the most sought-after features of the modern device can make our lives much easier and help us save both time and the physical work to stay informed

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

how the system works. It shows how the system interacts with the user and how and which processes take place in various cases. The user provides a voice input to the web app. The app sends the signal to the Speech to text service. The STT service covers the voice signal and converts it into text which is then sent for keyword matching. If the keywords are matched then the functionality that the keyword is related to is performed but if the keyword is not matched then an error message is sent to the web app and then to the user. After the task is performed, the results are then shared to the web app which then replies to the user with a voice reply.

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