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Have you considered the Almond integration for Home Assistant? (https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/almond/ https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/al

Have you considered the Almond integration for Home Assistant? (https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/almond/ https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/almond/) Alternatively, you could just fork the Almond project directly and take it from there: https://github.com/stanford-oval/almond-cloud https://github.com/stanford-oval/almond-cloud

rs23296008n1 7y ago
No I hadn't. This was why I asked: I know there's alternatives out there but there's so much noise. Thanks.
- Shawnecy 7y ago
  Almond has been posted on HN previously[1]. User voltagex_ commented[2] that self-hosting, while possible is not recommended in the official installation instructions[3] as it is considered significantly more challenging to manage. This may or may not effect your decision to go forward with Almond. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17532003 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17532003 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17534793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17534793 [3] https://github.com/stanford-oval/almond-cloud/blob/master/doc/installing-almond-cloud.md https://github.com/stanford-oval/almond-cloud/blob/master/do...
  - saghm 7y ago
    Is there any product where self-hosting _isn't_ more difficult? That seems like a generic warning that could apply to pretty much any product in this space. It seems more like a warning to non-technical users who might not have the experience or know-how to successfully set up a server.
    - Shawnecy 7y ago
      If it was simply an issue of just "more difficult", then it wouldn't be worth pointing out. However, the words "significantly more challenging to manage" are straight from their documentation that I linked which I think makes it worth pointing out. Whether or not it is too challenging is for each individual to decide for themselves.
      - amenod 7y ago
        It also gives an indication what the preferred method of deployment is (from authors' point of view). In this case I read it as a warning that it might stop being supported in the future.
  - rs23296008n1 7y ago
    Pertinent quote from [3] regarding "more challenging": "You must also deploy custom NLP models, as the official ones will not be compatible. Use this setup only if you absolutely need custom Thingpedia interfaces, and cannot provide these interfaces on Thingpedia."

rs23296008n1 7y ago

No I hadn't. This was why I asked: I know there's alternatives out there but there's so much noise. Thanks.

Shawnecy 7y ago
Almond has been posted on HN previously[1]. User voltagex_ commented[2] that self-hosting, while possible is not recommended in the official installation instructions[3] as it is considered significantly more challenging to manage. This may or may not effect your decision to go forward with Almond. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17532003 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17532003 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17534793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17534793 [3] https://github.com/stanford-oval/almond-cloud/blob/master/doc/installing-almond-cloud.md https://github.com/stanford-oval/almond-cloud/blob/master/do...
- saghm 7y ago
  Is there any product where self-hosting _isn't_ more difficult? That seems like a generic warning that could apply to pretty much any product in this space. It seems more like a warning to non-technical users who might not have the experience or know-how to successfully set up a server.
  - Shawnecy 7y ago
    If it was simply an issue of just "more difficult", then it wouldn't be worth pointing out. However, the words "significantly more challenging to manage" are straight from their documentation that I linked which I think makes it worth pointing out. Whether or not it is too challenging is for each individual to decide for themselves.
    - amenod 7y ago
      It also gives an indication what the preferred method of deployment is (from authors' point of view). In this case I read it as a warning that it might stop being supported in the future.
- rs23296008n1 7y ago
  Pertinent quote from [3] regarding "more challenging": "You must also deploy custom NLP models, as the official ones will not be compatible. Use this setup only if you absolutely need custom Thingpedia interfaces, and cannot provide these interfaces on Thingpedia."