I Taught My Laptop to Whisper Bird Names So I Could Finally Look Up

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This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass Every time I try to identify a bird with an app, the same thing happens. I hear a call, pull out my phone, wake the screen, tap record, and by the time the app answers, the bird is gone and I'm staring at a glowing rectangle instead of a tree. So I built Trailbird, a bird call identifier with almost no screen. The laptop goes in my backpack, one earbud goes in my ear, and I just walk. When it hears a bird, a calm voice says one sentence: "Northern cardinal, probably in the shrubs to your left." If it's a sp

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