Echosight.java

import javax.speech.Central;
import javax.speech.synthesis.Synthesizer;
import javax.speech.synthesis.SynthesizerModeDesc;
import java.util.Locale;

public class EchoSightPrototype {

    // Simulated Object Detection Function
gu    public static String detectObjectFromCamera() {
        // In a full build, connect OpenCV or Google Vision API here.
        // Returning mock detected objects for hackathon demo:
        return "Warning: An obstacle ahead 2 feet away.";
    }

    // Text-To-Speech Function
    public static void speakText(String message) {
        try {
            // Set up Voice Synthesizer
            System.setProperty("freetts.voices", "com.sun.speech.freetts.en.us.cmu_us_kal.KevinVoiceDirectory");
            Central.registerEngineCentral("com.sun.speech.freetts.jsapi.FreeTTSEngineCentral");

            Synthesizer synthesizer = Central.createSynthesizer(new SynthesizerModeDesc(Locale.US));
            synthesizer.allocate();
            synthesizer.resume();

            // Speak the description to the user
            System.out.println("EchoSight Speaking: " + message);
            synthesizer.speakPlainText(message, null);
            synthesizer.waitEngineState(Synthesizer.QUEUE_EMPTY);

            synthesizer.deallocate();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // Fallback for demo if TTS library is missing: print to console
            System.out.println("[Speech Output]: " + message);
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("--- Starting EchoSight Assistive Device ---");
        
        // 1. Detect object
        String description = detectObjectFromCamera();
        
        // 2. Announce to user via Voice
        speakText(description);
    }
}