Solon

A Virtual Assistant to improve productivity and learning.

Features

using voice or keyboard shortcut to search for definitions and explanation of words or concepts
save the searched words as a flashcard
transform your personal notes automatically into flashcards
create your own decks of flashcards
start learning sessions with a goal of correct answers for each card in the choosen deck

set your default browser. You can find the option in the search/search.cpp file. If you use Chromium for example:

system(("chromium -new-tab " + search2).c_str());

Replace "chromium" with your default browser:

On windows, uncomment the ShellExecute function to enable the browser function. This method may be easier if you run into issues with the browser set up.

The default Compiler on Linux is set to g++. If you use another compiler, change the compiler inside the CMakeLists.txt file.
Open your command line
cd to project root directory: solon/
Create a build directory: mkdir build
Change into the build direcotry: cd build
Inside the build directory type: cmake .. && make
To execute the application write: ./solon

bs4
SpeechRecognition
gTTS
requests
playsound
To install all the packages type this into your command line: pip install bs4 SpeechRecognition gTTS requests playsound

First of all, I would recommend to set the program as a keyboard shortcut, to use it effortless, quickly and intuitively. You can also create a bash script with the following text:
```
#!/bin/bash
cd <path-to-build-directory>
.solon
```
If you already have a collection of notes, you can turn them easily into flashcard:
1. Create a .txt file inside /solon/files/decks/.txt
2. Copy your entire notes document into the .txt file
3. Put a "?" at the end of each question or "#" at the front of a topic title. You will find an example inside the example.txt file.
4. Save the file and the program will automatically create the front and back of each flashcard after execution
Uncomment line 42-43 inside the scraping.py file.
Every searched keyword is stored in the /files/decks/history.txt file