SymptoCheck

🌿 About the Project

✨ Inspiration

In today’s fast-paced world, people often neglect their well-being until health issues arise. We noticed that while many apps focus on either physical or mental health, very few offer a unified, empathetic, and intelligent solution that empowers users to take charge of their entire wellness journey — proactively, not reactively.
Our project was inspired by this gap, and by the belief that AI can act as a compassionate first responder for both physical and emotional needs, especially in underserved or remote communities.

🧠 What We Learned

How to integrate multiple AI services (Gemini + Deepgram) in a user-friendly health platform
The importance of designing responses with emotional intelligence, not just accuracy
Real-world considerations for text-to-speech limits, latency handling, and user interaction
The ethical responsibility of building AI tools that deal with sensitive health data and mental wellness

🛠️ How We Built It

Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Netlify for deployment
Backend: Flask (Python) REST API hosted on Render.
AI & NLP: Gemini APIfor response generation
Speech: Deepgram API for both speech-to-text and text-to-speech
Wellness logic: Custom-designed prompts for generating empathetic, practical responses across use cases (mental health, yoga, nutrition, etc.)

🔍 Features

🤖 AI Chatbot – For general health and wellness conversations
🩺 Symptom Checker – Predicts conditions from user-input symptoms
🌈 Mood Tracker & Comfort Chat – Listens and responds with emotional care
🧘‍♀️ Yoga Coach – Recommends personalized yoga sequences
🧘‍♂️ Guided Meditation – Voice-guided sessions tailored to focus, stress, or sleep
🥗 Nutrition & Lifestyle Coach – Provides healthy, mindful habits and food tips
📊 Wellness Check-In – Tracks mood, energy, and stress; responds with tailored advice

🚧 Challenges We Faced

Managing API rate limits and payload size (Deepgram TTS 413 errors)
Making the AI responses feel empathetic and human, not robotic
Handling voice input and output reliably across browsers and devices
Integrating a wide range of features while keeping the UI simple and smooth
Ensuring data handling and advice disclaimers were ethical and transparent

Final Note

We’re proud to have built a wellness assistant that’s more than just functional — it’s supportive, inclusive, and intelligent. This project taught us how AI can do more than automate tasks — it can comfort, listen, and guide.

Check our Website here: https://symptocheck.netlify.app/