Features

• Real-Time AI Audio Processing: Leverage powerful on-device AI capabilities for real-time audio analysis.
• Low-powered Bluetooth: Capture audio for 24h+ on a small button battery
• Open-Source Software: Access and contribute to the pin's software stack, designed with openness and community collaboration in mind.
• Wearable Design: Experience unparalleled convenience with ergonomic and lightweight design, perfect for everyday wear.

Get Started with our Documentation:

• Introduction
• App setup
• Buying Guide
• Build the device
• Install firmware

How it works

graph TD;
   A[Device] -- Streams Audio --> B[Phone App];
   B -- Transmits --> C[Deepgram];
   C -- Returns Transcript --> D[Phone App];
   D -- Saves Transcript --> E[Phone Storage];

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Structure

There are 3 different apps in these repositories located in different branches and folders. Our goal is to merge them into one big project.

Folder "AppStandalone": Standalone version of the app that doesn't require any hardware to use it.

Folder "AppWithWearable": Wearable-connected version of the app that requires the "Friend necklace" to use it.

Folder "AppWithWearableReactNative": Wearable-connected version of the app that is built in React native

Next Step: Read Getting Started →

Getting Started

Follow these steps to get started with your Friend.

Install the app

1. Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/BasedHardware/friend.git

2. Choose which version of the app you want to install (see Structure).

   • Don't have the device? run cd apps/AppStandalone in terminal
   • Have the device/NRF Board? run cd apps/AppWithWearable in terminal

3. Install Flutter and CocoaPods

4. Install your environment variables

   • For AppStandalone, update variables in in .env.template file
   • For AppWithWearable, you can set the api keys needed on the mobile App from the settings page itself

5. iOS: Install XCode then navigate to the iOS folder. You might need to launch Xcode to select a team and specify a bundle identifier. Android: Download/install android Studio then navigate to the Android folder Don't run in web/simulator: Bluetooth will not work

6. Run flutter clean then flutter pub get then pod install

7. When everything is installed, run flutter run , this should run your app on a selected device

Next Step: Buying Guide →

More links:

• Contributing
• Support

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Licensing

Friend is available under MIT License