Computer/Cognitive scientist with an interest in voice assistants

Joined December 2020
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"Choice" is one of the Open Home Foundation's three core principles. And we believe you should be free to choose a voice assistant that actually speaks your language. That's why we've released 23 text-to-speech datasets – free to use, for everyone. community.mozilladatacollect…
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I’m looking for volunteers to test the @home_assistant “Assist” in CarPlay. If you’re available and interested in participating, please let me know.
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🗣️ Our next iteration of our Open Voice journey is here - Voice Chapter 10! 👏🏻 This update helps more people use voice, with new languages, more hardware, all while being easier to contribute. Learn more from our blog ➡️ home-assistant.io/blog/2025/…
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Our very own @rhasspy was a guest of Scott Hanselman's on the latest Hanselminutes! 🤩 Listen as Mike talks about insights on the future of open-source voice technology and delves into the exciting advancements of these tools - link in reply 👇🏼
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Open voice tech enthusiasts, rejoice! 🎉 Finding 'living room compatible' hw has always been a challenge—but with @home_assistant Voice (Preview Edition), we're closer than ever! 👏 Check out my Thorsten-Voice YouTube channel for tutorials and tips 😊. youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Pst. You, yeah you. Have you hit that 🔔 on our YouTube channel to get notifications? We're pretty sure there's something happening on Thursday... 🧐 Link in reply 👇🏼
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👀 Have you hit that Notify Me bell on next week's live stream yet? 🔔👇🏼 (Now with a better preview. 😅) Link: youtube.com/live/ZgoaoTpIhm8
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🗣️ We're working to improve our wake word engine which "wakes" a device to listen for more commands. We'd love if you could spare a minute and lend your voice to help with our privacy-focused voice assistant! Read on 👇🏼 to learn how you can help: home-assistant.io/blog/2024/…
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📢 JOB ALERT: Android Developer @ Nabu Casa! Are you an Android user with experience leading app development efforts, an active Home Assistant user, and excited by the thought of being our first full time Android Dev? Send us your resume! 👇🏼 jobs.ashbyhq.com/nabucasa/30…

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🗣️ September 30th is #InternationalTranslationDay, and we want to celebrate the Language Leaders. They are helping us build an open-source, privacy-focused voice assistant that anyone can run. Thanks to all your hard work helping us over the Year of Voice and beyond! 🍻🙏🏻
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‼️ We're looking for an Android Developer to join our Engineering team! Do you have experience with Home Assistant and are: ✔️ Proficient in Kotlin and Java? ✔️ Experienced with the Android SDK? ✔️ Based between UTC-1 and UTC 3? We'd love to talk! 👇🏼 jobs.ashbyhq.com/nabucasa/30…

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Build your own echo replacement. Easier than you might think. - Raspberry pi Zero 2 W
- local wake word
- no soldering 
- no programming 
Editing the video now...hopefully out Saturday. 
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‼️ 24 HOUR LIVE STREAM REMINDER! Join us tomorrow for the next chapter in our Voice journey - we're super excited to show you what we've been working on! ⏰👀 Catch all the fun here 👇🏼 youtube.com/live/nLLO4u2Tbbo
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26 Apr 2024
👋 Career change alert! Looking to pivot into tech & leverage my 10 years of experience 🐍 Python 🦀 Rust </> Web Development 🌐 CMS: WordPress & @WagtailCMS ✨ AI/ML: Torch & Tensorflow GitHub: github.com/mush42 #rust #python #ai #ml #careeradvice #opentowork
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I'm in the Netherlands preparing to speak at the State of the Open Home! This will include an announcement about Rhasspy 🙂 youtube.com/live/oa__fLArsFk
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📢 24 hours until our next livestream! 🙌🏻 Join us tomorrow with the 4 winners of our voice assistant contest as they give us more insight into their winning projects. Livestream link here: youtube.com/watch?v=eOfV3vDy… And ICYMI, here are the winning projects 👇🏼

🥁 The winners of our voice assistant contest are... 🎨 Most creative: dirtyharriv with Bender VA 📄 Best guide: landonr with homeThing S3 🪄 Best experience: dinki with View Assist ⬆️ Community choice: Rellu with HA-Visual-Assistant Runner ups & more 👇🏻 home-assistant.io/blog/2024/…
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🥁 The winners of our voice assistant contest are... 🎨 Most creative: dirtyharriv with Bender VA 📄 Best guide: landonr with homeThing S3 🪄 Best experience: dinki with View Assist ⬆️ Community choice: Rellu with HA-Visual-Assistant Runner ups & more 👇🏻 home-assistant.io/blog/2024/…
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Our voice assistant contest is now closed, but we need your votes! ⬆️ Head to the forums contest category to vote on your favorite projects. The winner gets some HA hardware and the opportunity to talk about their project on one of our livestreams! 🏆 community.home-assistant.io/…
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Next two episodes for " @home_assistant ❤️ Voice" series now online 😊. * Piper TTS: youtu.be/jyFmQ2dhoSg * Building cool stuff with Wyoming 🔥: youtu.be/CYeOXw2ZWkw
I created a tutorial playlist "Home Assistant ❤️ Voice" on my "Thorsten-Voice" youtube channel 😊. The first three episodes are online now - more to come. What do you think? @home_assistant @NabuCasa youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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