RealChar - Your Realtime AI Character
What is the project about?
RealChar is a project that allows users to create, customize, and interact with AI characters in real-time. It enables voice and text conversations with these AI personalities.
What problem does it solve?
It provides a platform for engaging, real-time interactions with AI, moving beyond static chatbots to dynamic, customizable characters. It bridges the gap between humans and AI, offering a more personalized and immersive conversational experience.
What are the features of the project?
- Easy to use: Creation of AI characters without requiring coding.
- Customizable: Adjustable character personalities, backgrounds, and voices.
- Realtime: Supports real-time conversations (voice and text).
- Multi-Platform: Accessible via web, terminal, and mobile (iOS app open-sourced).
- Most up-to-date AI: Integrates with leading AI technologies (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude 2, Chroma, Whisper, ElevenLabs, etc.).
- Modular: Allows swapping of different modules for customized interaction flows.
What are the technologies used in the project?
- Web: React JS, Vanilla JS, WebSockets
- Mobile: Swift, WebSockets
- Backend: FastAPI, SQLite, Docker
- Data Ingestion: LlamaIndex, Chroma
- LLM Orchestration: LangChain, Chroma
- LLMs: ReByte, OpenAI GPT-3.5/4, Anthropic Claude 2, Anyscale Llama2
- Speech to Text: Local WhisperX, Local Whisper, OpenAI Whisper API, Google Speech to Text
- Text to Speech: ElevenLabs, Edge TTS, Google Text to Speech
- Voice Cloning: ElevenLabs
What are the benefits of the project?
- Provides a more engaging and personalized way to interact with AI.
- Offers a flexible and customizable platform for creating unique AI companions.
- Leverages cutting-edge AI technologies for high-quality interactions.
- Supports multiple platforms, making it widely accessible.
- Open-source nature encourages community contributions and extensions.
- Good starting point for learning AI Engineering.
What are the use cases of the project?
- Creating AI companions for entertainment or personal use.
- Developing interactive AI characters for games or virtual worlds.
- Building AI-powered customer service agents with distinct personalities.
- Prototyping and experimenting with conversational AI interfaces.
- Educational tool for learning about and interacting with AI.
- Role-playing with AI characters.
