This document presents a project on developing a desktop voice assistant called TAKAO using Python. It discusses introducing TAKAO, the motivation for developing it, a literature review of relevant Python modules used, the problem statement of making tasks easier through voice commands. The objectives of TAKAO are to enable Wikipedia searches, opening websites, telling jokes, checking the time and playing music using voice commands. In conclusion, the desktop voice assistant was designed to be modular and flexible to add new features while maintaining current functionality.