diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ Make a new voice in Eleven and get the voice id of that voice using their [get v
 export ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID=<voice-id>
 ```
 
+### Setup Script
+
+Alternatively, one can use the `setup.sh` script to facilitate getting the shell envs ready to rock by updating the API key values in `setup.sh` and run. 
+
+_Note: may have to manually run `source source venv/bin/activate` afterwards depending on shell env._
+
+
 ## Run it!
 
 In on terminal, run the webcam capture:
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
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+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# create a virtual environment
+python3 -m pip install virtualenv
+python3 -m virtualenv venv
+
+# source the virtual environment
+source venv/bin/activate
+
+# install the dependencies
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# set the environment variables
+export ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID=
+export OPENAI_API_KEY=
+export ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=
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