# TalkBack

- **Event:** [Google Gemini Hackathon](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/2025-ted-ai-hackathon)
- **When:** Oct 18 at 9:00 AM – Oct 19 at 5:00 PM (PDT)
- **Where:** Shack15, San Francisco, CA
- **Team:** [Ananta Verma](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/anantaverma), [Yogesh Mahendran](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/Aran_yogesh)
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/aran-yogesh/TalkBack/tree/main
- **Demo video:** https://youtube.com/shorts/Q5eBIisDRtI?si=2JdAfGLo0CQpRAiF
- **Gallery:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/2025-ted-ai-hackathon/hackathon/gallery
- **Page:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/2025-ted-ai-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/46

TalkBack is a mischievous macOS floating AI companion that acts as your sassy productivity coach. It's a native Swift desktop application featuring real-time voice interaction where users can click-and-hold to speak, and the avatar responds with attitude-filled voice feedback using AI-powered conversation.

Key Problem Solved: Developer productivity and mental wellness during coding sessions. TalkBack monitors your terminal in real-time, provides sassy commentary on compilation errors, celebrates build successes, and keeps developers engaged with personality-driven interaction. It combines entertainment with utility - making debugging less frustrating and coding more fun.

The app features conversational memory, multilingual voice recognition, and a unique "trash can quit" mechanism. With the new terminal monitoring feature, it watches compilation errors, test results, and command failures, providing real-time snarky but helpful feedback to keep developers motivated.

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