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Explain how this is an improvement?
by tantalor 8y ago
Explain how this is an improvement?
- hnnh44 8y agoI'm wondering this too. Like hey, let's install some under developed AI from some unknown company with unknown security policies on top of a device with access to hordes of personal data and the ability to make transactions online. No hacker will EVER think to use it as an attack vector /s
- mental1896 8y agoIt's open source: https://github.com/bjoernkarmann/project_alias https://github.com/bjoernkarmann/project_alias
- lftl 8y agoI didn't look into Alias deeply, but does it even have network access at all? I don't see a reason it would have to.
- kelnos 8y agoIt needs it for setup (so you can set up the wake word using your phone), but then after that it can be disconnected.
- supermatt 8y agoyou just put it on top of your device, instead of needing to modify the electronics of your potentially expensive and complicated home assistant?
- lftl 8y agoMostly what supermatt said -- this is a lot simpler. Particularly, it's been a long time since I looked, but when I last looked neither Google nor Amazon were offering the voice assistants in nice package where you could bring your own hardware but use their APIs. So beyond the hardware, the project would've also involved building my own voice assistant software as well. Both of those ecosystems have evolved alot so that might not be a hurdle anymore.
- tantalor 8y agoLook again: https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/guides/library/python/ https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/guides/library/p... https://developer.amazon.com/docs/alexa-voice-service/set-up-raspberry-pi.html https://developer.amazon.com/docs/alexa-voice-service/set-up...