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[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

Anyone have experience with locally run alternatives to this kind of device? Voice recognition technology has gotten pretty good by now, it should be possible

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

I use Home Assistant and I'm getting ready to swap over to their local voice control from Google devices.

You can source your own devices or use their device when it becomes available.

https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Is this something you could run off of a modded echo?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Someone posted a build where they modded Google home mini, but that required a custom PCB. I can only assume it would be the same or more difficult with an Amazon device.

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