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 # ai_sandbox
 
+A learning arena to learn about the current AI tool landscape
+
+## Subprojects
+
+### [Speach to Speach AI Assistant]
+AI assistant chat with speech recognition and tts responses
+
+Fullstack  
+- Vite, TS, React frontend
+- fastapi backend
+- OpenAI for LLM services
+
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+# Speech to Speech AI Assistant
+AI assistant chat with speech recognition and tts responses
+
+Fullstack  
+- Vite, TS, React frontend
+- fastapi backend
+- OpenAI for LLM services
+
+## Requirements
+- python3
+- npm
+- OpenAI API token
+
+## Setup
+```
+cd frontend
+npm init
+npm run build
+
+cd ../backend
+# optionally setup virtual environment of your choice
+python3 -m pip install -r requirements
+```
+
+# Running 
+example `backend/.env`
+```
+OPEN_API_KEY=<apikey>
+```
+```
+cd backend
+uvicorn --port 8080 api:app
+```