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The era of open voice assistants has arrived - Home Assistant (www.home-assistant.io)

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[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 64 points 4 months ago

Because of googles enshitification I have stopped using voice to control my home entirely. I invested in many scene remotes and built extensive automations. I've come to not miss voice control at all. But here's to you that want this either for assistive needs or just because. I just need to get a few more local TTS speakers for alerts.

[-] alphapuggle@programming.dev 16 points 4 months ago

I've had my eye on this for a while, haven't dropped the dough on a PCB order

https://github.com/justLV/onju-voice

A hackable AI home assistant platform using the Google Nest Mini (2nd gen) form factor, consisting of:

a custom PCB designed to be a drop-in replacement to the original, using the ESP32-S3 for audio processing

a server for handling the transcription, response generation and Text-to-Speech from multiple devices on the same network

[-] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 33 points 4 months ago

I'm so excited for this! I was able to make an order. Homeassistant is making such a difference here. I was a Mycroft supporter and it's so great that since they've gone away we've still got hardware in this space. This hardware makes so much sense too, I hope the voice train keeps rolling!

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 4 months ago

I followed mycroft for years. It was a bit of a mess. I was sad to see it kinda die.

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Same here :(

[-] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 8 points 4 months ago

holds hat to chest Rest in peace good Mycroft

I love that the wakeword is still one of the best we have, my kid will ask me one day why we say "hey Mycroft" and I'll tell him "it all started with a raspberry pi and a Kickstarter"

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

my kid will ask me one day why we say “hey Mycroft” and I’ll tell him “it all started with a raspberry pi and a Kickstarter”

😍

[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

I wish I could repurpose my Home Minis to use this. Google butchered those entirely over time, so now they're practically collecting dust, when I dont use them as an occasional room speaker

[-] ggppjj@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Somebody else linked this mobo replacement for the home minis, haven't looked very closely at it yet myself: https://github.com/justLV/onju-voice

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I feel the same but in 2026 and with echo flex.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ordered. I'm am so excited for this as it seems it could replace my only use case for Google Home / Nest voice.

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Are there difference between this and a 13$ M5 Atom Echo?

[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Yes

[-] Cyber@feddit.uk 8 points 4 months ago

Point given for accuracy of response.

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Like...?

Edit: I've bought the M5 some months ago but I haven't had the time to play around with it, should I buy this one and forget about the M5?

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I have 2 of the Atoms; they're janky and need to be reset often, it doesn't pick up your voice very well, and you can barely hear the responses. 2/7

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks. Other 2 devices that I've bought out of excitement that will keep taking dust :( I'll try the "voice" and let's hope that I'll have time to set it up! 🙈

[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I set up the Atom and it isn’t great at picking up voice commands. It also seems to have trouble with stability.

[-] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah the mic and speaker on the atom are OK if you are within 2 feet, beyond that they aren't any good. This looks good

[-] peregus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Thanks

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 9 points 4 months ago

Neat! I hope we can add on a speaker, we use ours for playing audio

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

if you want to use it as a media player, connect a speaker to the included 3.5mm headphone jack and control it with software like Music Assistant.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 4 months ago

God idk how I missed that, but thank you

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago

It works well.

I have done the same thing with custom hardware, ESPHome, and routed the output to my old Yamaha AV receiver with an IR blaster in the device for auto source switching and volume control.

I can't wait for music assistant to integrate Spotify connect because right now you can only play saved playlist/albums or some recent music, no browsing.

A media player component plus microphone plus voice assistant.

[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No POE = Deal breaker for me

Although it's a very promising start. Looks great.

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 8 points 4 months ago

What's POE, precious?

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

Power over Ethernet

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 months ago

Deploy ‘em, mesh ‘em, stick ‘em in your room

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

PO-E-yo?

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

You could always use a POE splitter. I know it’s not the same but it’s better than yet another wall wort.

[-] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

It's USB-C, there are POE adapters. It's low wattage using an esp32, you could absolutely use a USB c poe splitter for this.

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[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

Is the whole stack open source or do we have to buy their hardware or license their software?

Their device does look very slick, but I'd like to hack my own system together!

[-] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

It’s all OSS.

[-] modeler@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Even better - it's using ESPHome, which is part of the Home Assistant stack.

ESPHome works from a YAML config file, which ESPHome uses to build firmware images which can be installed OTA (or USB of you must)

[-] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago

Nice! Been holding off on HA voice stuff, waiting for a more plug and play solution, so I've been watching this pretty closely. Managed to get one ordered before they (presumably) go out of stock in the UK. Hoping it arrives soon so I can tinker during the break!

[-] nis@feddit.dk 4 points 4 months ago

Only 2.4GHz WiFi?

[-] CosmicGiraffe@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Why would it need 5GHz? At most it needs to do two audio streams, which aren't going to need lots of bandwidth

[-] omega@startrek.website 3 points 4 months ago

Interference. Especially in apartment complexes, the 2.4Ghz band is busy, causing a lot of packet drops and random disconnects.

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

I've eliminated 2.4GHz wifi in the house for this reason.
The only downside is, I really need to get a couple more WAPs installed.

HA has been dead handy when I occasionally need to use an old device, as I can flip the second radio on from a dashboard.

[-] MITM0@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Good news indeed

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

I look forward to getting my hands on one of these! Just need to work out where to put it in the house first.

And possibly waiting for a POE version. But that's a nit-pick.

Is it possible to test this out using a phone or PC? I really like the idea of local voice assist.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

That pretty sweet. The previous open source voice control solution I'd seen (Mycroft?) was like 400 bucks per device.

Might have to grab a mini PC and replace some of this Alexa shit which gets progressively worse since they announced a premium version.

I just need shit to do what it's told, not try to sell me things.

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