Home Assistant Voice chapter 10
10 months ago
- #Voice Assistant
- #Open Source
- #Home Automation
- Voice Chapter 10 introduces improvements in Open Voice, including support for more languages, hardware compatibility, and enhanced performance.
- Users are invited to contribute via the public Voice project board on GitHub.
- ESPHome now includes features like wake words on the device, open-sourced media player platform, and dynamic wake word activation.
- Optimizations in ESPHome reduce CPU usage significantly, enabling more features on resource-constrained devices like ATOM Echo.
- KiCad project files for Voice Preview Edition hardware are now available on GitHub for public use.
- Speech-to-Phrase enhancements include better sentence format, precise sentence generation, and support for 21 languages.
- Piper adds new voices and languages, expanding support to 39 languages and dialects.
- Language support is categorized into Cloud, Focused Local, and Full Local, each scored for user clarity.
- New features in Assist include continued conversation updates, media search and play intent, and future plans for critical confirmations and custom conversations.
- The Open Voice project encourages community contributions to expand language support and improve functionality.