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I'm about to try some custom wake words, I can think of these so far:

  • Hey Assistant
  • Hey GlaDOS
  • Hey Skynet
  • Hey Tardis
  • R2-D2
  • CPU
  • Computer
  • Operator

I'll use them for a while and see which one I like best.

What wake word are you using? Do you have some other cool ideas?

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't use any home assistant technology but I feel like yelling "Hail Satan!" into an empty room and getting a response would be fun

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but you should use something that you don't use in every day life ;P

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

As a Satanist you have my vote!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is exactly what I was looking for thanks. I'm not migrating to HA voice just yet, but when I do, you can be damn sure that "Hail Satan" will be the wake word.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

"Satan, Play Emperor on the living room stereo"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I had a Moto X way back when, I used "Would you kindly" as the wake word.

I miss that phone, and specifically the custom wake word functionality. Well, that and the wooden back.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I miss the Moto X. I've been known to nerdily use "prepare for voice command".

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about "I say"...makes all your commands sound very posh.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Or very Foghorn Leghorn.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

'Eeeey!' or 'Alter' - 'Alter, mach mal licht an'

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

thinkimg about this again - maybe something passive-aggressive would be nice.

'someone should turn the lights on' 'maybe someone could start the vacuum cleaner'

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I maintain a list for my as-yet-unimplemented setup. Mainly fictional butlers, housekeepers, secretaries, assistants, henchmen, computers, mascot characters, and robots:

Woodhouse, Jeeves, Igor, Igor, Meadows, Duckworth, Kato, Wadsworth, Lurch, Passepartout, Riff-Raff, Giovanni, Jarvis, Alfred, Hayate, Daphne, Effie, Della, Janine, Isabelle, Cheryl, Carol, Smithers, Hastings, Baldrick, Rocksteady, Bebop, Renfield, Reinhart, Hamegg, Meeseeks, Muttley, Smee, GIFfany, Pinoco, Agnew, Pokota, Ryo-Ohki, Luna, Artemis, Kyubey, Haro, Boothby, HAL, SAL, Friday, Edith, Peerssa, Tima, Multivac, Clippy, Asshole, Dipshit, Bitch, Dickwad, Fuckhead, Satan, Sweetie, Eddie, Marvin, Rosie, Grovel, Kilroy, Gort, Conky, Holly, Ziggy, Joshua, Balthazar, Caspar, Melchior, Karen, Nanmo, Bournemouth, Tachikoma, Kryten, Sumomo, Melchizedek, Agimus, Peanut Hamper, Badgey, Goodgey, Logic-y, MPU, and Flexo.

I'm leaning toward Meadows.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Great list!

(Winston is missing, but I guess he's covered as Jeeves)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

put 'drumknot' and 'willikins' on that list

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Tachikoma-kun!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I want to try 'yo mother f****er'

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

When I lived with a guy who had loads of home automation, his wake word was "Hey Fuckhead!"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I’d go with “bitch, please”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Might be too short, but Hey Hal should work. Great addition

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Would you kindly?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

"hello Mr computer" from star trek tos movie.

However I'm immature so I probably would go with "hey bitch" but probably would get my partner confused of who I'm talking too.

Most likely would be "hey micro-brain" or "hey micro-slave" . The micro part is probably enough for my partner to know it's not them too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

SEARLE: Icarus. ICARUS [OVER COMMUNICATOR]: Yes, Dr. Searle? Please re-filter the Observation Room portal. ICARUS: Filter up or down, Dr. Searle? Down. Oh, my. Icarus, how close is this to full brightness? ICARUS: At this distance of 36 million miles... ...you are observing the sun at 2 percent of full brightness. Two percent? Can you show me 4 percent?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lord emperor

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pardon my ignorance. If I want to replace my Echo dots at home, can I make some kind of like, home made ones? I like having them for light control and music etc. but. After having them a few years they certainly have limits and privacy disadvantages. I have all hue lights at home myself. The echos just act as interfaces. Nobody in the family really uses the web interface much for light control. It’s usually voice. Can I have my cake and eat it to? How? Raspberry pi?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I really hope somebody finds a way to upload custom firmware to Google or Alexa speakers. I like the hardware and the sound and I know I will not be able to build something as nice myself...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You might be interested in projects like https://openhab.org, or https://mycroft.ai

I have tinkered with mycroft in the past and it was kinda finnicky at the time, but overal a great idea(an assistant like google or alexa but privacy oriented). A colleague of mine uses openhab for everything but security(his wife objected to that lol).

For starters i'd recommend some single board computer like the a raspberrypi, a speaker and a microphone and maybe try one of these (https://www.electromaker.io/blog/article/9-best-raspberry-pi-smart-home-software-options) out yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for taking the time to post about those projects. I have heard of Mycroft but not openhab. The future is bright 🤩

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Big E (warhammer 40k)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I can't get decent voice recognition to work. So no wakeword until I can get a match in the first 3 tries of talking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Marco, Arco.."

"Polo, Pilot."

Arco is gonna be the name of my bike, if I ever finish building it, and I was thinking about setting it up with a Pi and some voice assistant integration (don't ask me how. One thing at a time).

Pilot has some weird disassociative /existential fuckery involved in it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Central Scrutinizer, play Joe's Garage on the living room stereo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'll definitely go for "hey Johnny" or just Johnny. Based on the self taken name of Number 5 from Short Circuit .

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

"COMPUTER, TURN OFF THAT NOISE" is obligatory, i feel

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Is there a syllable requirement? While I never directly experienced the fiasco that was Bixby, I’m amused by the “Bixby Button” on my new iPhone, so: Bixby