RuralCare AI 🏥

AI-powered health symptom checker that works online and offline in rural & low-resource areas.

“Accessible healthcare for every village, anytime, anywhere.” – Team Jugaad

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🚀 Problem

Access to qualified doctors is limited in rural & low-connectivity regions.

💡 Solution

RuralCare AI is a lightweight, privacy-first web app that delivers:

• Instant symptom checking via Gemini AI
• Voice assistant (hands-free)
• Prescription OCR from camera
• AI triage → routes to correct specialist
• Offline mode with local caching
• Health dashboard – reminders, streaks, history

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🛠 Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	HTML, CSS, JavaScript (responsive)
Backend	Python + Flask
AI	Google Gemini API
Voice	Web Speech API
OCR	Camera + Tesseract.js / backend OCR
DB	SQLite (local)
Offline	Service Workers + LocalStorage
Security	Encrypted PII, secure auth

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✨ Key Features

• 100% offline symptom check & history
• Multilingual voice & text input
• Prescription scanner – auto-reads & explains
• Smart triage – suggests specialist
• Medicine reminders + daily health streaks
• Secure patient profiles (allergies, reports)

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🎯 Use Cases

• Rural PHCs & ASHA workers
• Elderly users (voice-only)
• Emergency first-aid guidance
• Teleconsultation bridge for remote doctors

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📊 Impact

• Bridges healthcare gap in remote areas
• Reduces unnecessary hospital visits
• Promotes early diagnosis & digital literacy
• Scalable for NGOs, gov schemes, hospitals

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👥 Team Jugaad (2nd Year AI&DS, JBIET)

Role	Name	Branch
Lead	B. Pratiksha	AI&DS
Member	T. MD. Faisal	AI&DS
Member	S. Swami Yadav	AI&DS
Member	J. Sri Sai Vaishnav	AI&DS

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🚀 Getting Started