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Comment by ethagnawl

I'm looking forward to trying this. Hopefully this gains traction, as (AFAIK) an open, reliable, flexible, privacy focused voice assistant is still sorely needed.

About a year ago, my family was really keen on getting an Alexa. I don't want Bezos spy devices in our home, so I convinced them to let me try making our own. I went with Mycroft on a Pi 4 and it did not go well. The wake word detection was inconsistent, the integrations were lacking and I think it'd been effectively abandoned by that point. I'd intended to contribute to the project and some of the integrations I was struggling with but life intervened and I never got back to it. Also, thankfully, my family forgot about the Alexa.

parent ethagnawl 2 years ago

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