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This only fights a symptom, the real problem is that these smart assistants need to stream the input to a company. Of course I understand that this allows for b

This only fights a symptom, the real problem is that these smart assistants need to stream the input to a company. Of course I understand that this allows for better recognition, but while I personally would like to have a well-working voice assistant, I personally do not want to have someone else (potentially) listening in on me (if others care less, that's perfectly fine). Maybe I'll find some time to setup a self-hosted voice assistant. Recommendations?

diamondo25 7y ago
Get a human, like a maid?
dijksterhuis 7y ago
Mycroft turned up on HN a while back [0]. Think there’s another one that was posted in the last few months, but can’t find the link. Pretty sure you can hook it up to Mozilla DeepSpeech for completely offline stuff. 0: https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/ https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/
- dillonmckay 7y ago
  Is Mycroft self-hosted? It seems like you have to register to create an account? There is also a ‘skills’ marketplace, so not sure how private it is.
  - dijksterhuis 7y ago
    Can run in a docker container, on Linux etc etc. You do need to pair it with an account to activate basic skills, but: > By default, Mycroft will not store your usage data or keep any recordings of your voice https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/using-mycroft-ai/pairing-your-device https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/using-mycroft-ai/pairing-...
    - dillonmckay 7y ago
      So, why is that part not self-hosted?
      - archi42 7y ago
        I checked on mycroft, and the last comment (by the CTO) on https://community.mycroft.ai/t/easiest-way-to-use-mycroft-completely-offline/3741/22 https://community.mycroft.ai/t/easiest-way-to-use-mycroft-co... says: "It is a bit of a chicken-and-the-egg situation, but I don’t think there is a strong case for creating an easy offline setup before the core components are ready. It is close, but I suspect it will be at least another year before we (the open source community) have all those pieces ready." However, their backend seems to be on GitHub.
- Havoc 7y ago
  >completely offline stuff. Yeah but not on a raspberry pi...which is what mycroft usually ends up on
dillonmckay 7y ago
https://snips.ai/ https://snips.ai/
wongarsu 7y ago
In theory these devices recognize their activation word locally and start streaming audio after you said the activation word. In practice missing an activation word annoys the customer, and if the server can differentiate between random conversation and commands, unnecessary activations go unnoticed. So there's incentive to be very generous with the local detection.

diamondo25 7y ago

Get a human, like a maid?

dijksterhuis 7y ago

Mycroft turned up on HN a while back [0]. Think there’s another one that was posted in the last few months, but can’t find the link. Pretty sure you can hook it up to Mozilla DeepSpeech for completely offline stuff. 0: https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/ https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/

dillonmckay 7y ago
Is Mycroft self-hosted? It seems like you have to register to create an account? There is also a ‘skills’ marketplace, so not sure how private it is.
- dijksterhuis 7y ago
  Can run in a docker container, on Linux etc etc. You do need to pair it with an account to activate basic skills, but: > By default, Mycroft will not store your usage data or keep any recordings of your voice https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/using-mycroft-ai/pairing-your-device https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/using-mycroft-ai/pairing-...
  - dillonmckay 7y ago
    So, why is that part not self-hosted?
    - archi42 7y ago
      I checked on mycroft, and the last comment (by the CTO) on https://community.mycroft.ai/t/easiest-way-to-use-mycroft-completely-offline/3741/22 https://community.mycroft.ai/t/easiest-way-to-use-mycroft-co... says: "It is a bit of a chicken-and-the-egg situation, but I don’t think there is a strong case for creating an easy offline setup before the core components are ready. It is close, but I suspect it will be at least another year before we (the open source community) have all those pieces ready." However, their backend seems to be on GitHub.
Havoc 7y ago
>completely offline stuff. Yeah but not on a raspberry pi...which is what mycroft usually ends up on

dillonmckay 7y ago

https://snips.ai/ https://snips.ai/

wongarsu 7y ago

In theory these devices recognize their activation word locally and start streaming audio after you said the activation word. In practice missing an activation word annoys the customer, and if the server can differentiate between random conversation and commands, unnecessary activations go unnoticed. So there's incentive to be very generous with the local detection.