Quick Assistant

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A push-to-talk AI voice assistant for your desktop.

quick-assistant is a CLI program for your desktop. It lets you hold a key and talk to a GPT-4 Turbo–powered assistant anytime. Responses come in text and voice, so conversations feel natural. The AI can be interrupted mid-sentence when you need to redirect it.

quick-assistant.mp4

Features

• 🌞 Screen brightness control
• 🔊 System volume adjustment (Windows only)
• ⏯️ Media playback commands
• 🚀 Launch applications from voice
• 📑 Display log files for troubleshooting
• 🖥️ Get system info on demand
• 🗑️ List and kill processes by voice
• 🌐 Run internet speed tests
• 📋 Set the clipboard contents
• 📋 Get the clipboard contents
• 🔳 Copy text as a QR code image to the clipboard
• ⏱️ Timers with alarm sounds
• 🎙️ Change voice or speaking speed on the fly
• 🔕 Mute/unmute the voice output
• 💸 Open OpenAI billing page in the browser

Setup

Note: Run the setup script first to install system dependencies.

./setup.sh

Usage

Start the assistant with cargo:

cargo run --release

Use --help for more options.