Study-AI

A python app that uses AI to detect when you pick up your phone while revising and alerts you to put it down.

Features

• Live webcam feed displayed in the app
• Real time AI phone detection using YOLO26
• Red box drawn around detected phone
• Alarm sound that plays when phone is detected
• Popup windows telling you to lock in
• Activate / Deactivate button

How it works

1. Press the activate button to start the AI
2. The app opens your webcam and displays a live feed
3. Every frame is analysed by a YOLO26 AI model looking for a phone
4. If a phone is detected:
   • A red box is drawn around it on the live feed
   • An alarm sound plays
   • Popup windows appear telling you to put it down
5. When you put the phone down everything stops automatically
6. Press deactivate to turn the AI off

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or higher
• A webcam
• The following libraries (installed via requirements.txt):
  • Pillow
  • OpenCV
  • Ultralytics
  • playsound3

Installation

1. Clone the repository

     git clone https://github.com/Matty-PW/Study-AI
   

2. Navigate to the project folder

     cd Study-AI
   

3. Install the required libraries

     pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Run the app

     python study_ai.py
   

Note: The YOLO model will download automatically the first time you run the app

Credits

BS Fire Alarm (Sweeping - 1 Hz) by AdamWeeden -- https://freesound.org/s/255181/ -- License: Attribution 3.0