This is the biggest shortcoming of this project IMO; it only uses PocketSphinx to recognize the trigger phrase, and then uses Google STT for the command phrase.

This is the biggest shortcoming of this project IMO; it only uses PocketSphinx to recognize the trigger phrase, and then uses Google STT for the command phrase. A big reason I (and I believe others) are wary of Amazon Echo and Google Home are because we don't like the idea of having an always-on microphone in my home, shuttling everything my family says to these giant companies. I really hope the MycroftAI-backed OpenSTT[1] project gets off the ground so they (and others) can divorce themselves from Amazon, Google, Bing, etc. services. [1] https://openstt.org/ https://openstt.org/