voice-journal-therapy

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  Casual conversation

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  Automatic crisis detection and de escelation

About:

• Mental health conditions are the second leading cause of long-term disability worldwide.
• 727,000 people died by suicide globally in 2021.

• 88% of suicidal callers said the call had stopped them from dying by suicide..

• This is where Voice Guard AI comes in, User can talk to the app by voice powered by Gemini and ElevenLabs.

• Based on crisis level, it will either talk casually to give support or try to de escalate crisis.

Crisis levels

• If user has no crisis, it will talk empathetically.
• If user has suicidal thoughts or talks about suicidal methods, it will offer breathing and grounding exercise.
• If user has suicidal intent, it will send message to user's contacts like friends and families.
• If user has detailed suicidal plans, it will show crisis hotlines and sites where user can get 24 / 7 help.

Impact

• Hopefully with all these methods, humans can find safety and comfort to live another day.

Inspiration

Voice powered chat application with therapeutic aspect.

What it does

Users can talk to the application via voice and it will provide space and listen to user via Speech to Text (ElevenLabs), Meaningful content (Gemini) and Text to Speech (ElevenLabs).

How we built it

Using ElevenLabs AI for Voice with Gemini AI for proper content. Handled with SvelteKit for backend and frontend.

Challenges we ran into

Switching between multiple ideas and tasks took more time than expected.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Learning about mental health. Learning to handle complex tasks across wider scope from therapy to technology and applying them to create meaningful impact!

What we learned

Mental health and de escalation methods. ElevenLabs and Gemini technology.

What's next for voice-journal-therapy

• Add memory to AI so it remembers and guides user better.
• Open to ideas.

Built With

• elevenlabs
• gemini
• javascript
• sveltekit