Ask HN: Making a voice-controlled digital assistant

3 points

10 years ago

This will be my first programming project. To start it'll be a simple alarm clock and eventually voice controlled lighting / whatever else I can think of.

I plan on using a door phone[0] installed near a drawer, wires leading to a compartment in the drawer with a Raspberry Pi on the inside and a speaker on the outside.

I've chosen voice to text[1] and text to voice[2] software and I'm generally good on wiring but beyond that I don't have much of an idea what making this will look like.

I'm starting as soon as my Pi comes in the mail.

Thoughts, ideas, concerns?

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-KX-T7765-Phone-Luminous-Button/dp/B001IEN67Q/

[1]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13045

[2]: https://www.naturalreaders.com/

I'm partial to Heather ^

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