--- title: Build Your Own AI Voice Assistant | daily.dev description: A walkthrough of building an AI voice assistant called Pulse using ElevenLabs for real-time text-to-speech, Neon (serverless Postgres) for persistent data... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-own-ai-voice-assistant-pvz5f0e2t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Build Your Own AI Voice Assistant | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of building an AI voice assistant called Pulse using ElevenLabs for real-time text-to-speech, Neon (serverless Postgres) for persistent data... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-own-ai-voice-assistant-pvz5f0e2t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PVZ5F0e2t.png og:image:alt: Build Your Own AI Voice Assistant og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build Your Own AI Voice Assistant **[Neon](https://daily.dev/sources/neontech)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of building an AI voice assistant called Pulse using ElevenLabs for real-time text-to-speech, Neon (serverless Postgres) for persistent data storage, and Next.js for both frontend and backend. The post links to a live demo, a GitHub repo, and a full step-by-step guide. ElevenLabs is highlighted for its API-first integration and natural speech synthesis, while Neon is promoted for its serverless Postgres with autoscaling and a free tier. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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