1213 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 17 Oct 2023 \ on: What technology do you REFUSE to adopt? tech
An obvious one for everybody here:
Alexa and her imitators.
I would be ok with Alexa like device that is local, does not connect to third party servers for everything, unless I command it do to it, like "google something for me". Something like Siri offline mode, but open source.
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You might be interested in looking into the Home Assistant solution to voice commands
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Thanks! Now I remember seeing that project before, but had already forgotten about it.
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Yeah it's pretty cool, and 2023 was when they committed to solidifying voice commands. They post regular updates on their blog https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/ there are some pretty awesome posts detailing each step of the way
I'm not actually a user of Home Assistant, as I live in a poor country and getting the equipment to setup a smart house is very expensive lol but I did look into it at the beginning of the year and their focus on finally getting voice work done was what interested me the most
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I felt off about these and Siri and all the other voice bots ever since they first hit the market…such an obvious red flag
Anything I can “turn on with my voice”…HELL no
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