A local voice assistant for Home Assistant on old Amazon Echoes, with no Amazon software left on them: our own Linux userspace (emOS), our own audio pipeline, and a wake word that runs on the Echo,...
Well, to be fair, these have much better speakers than the PE. That’s the only reason I want it over the PE, since most of what I’d do is play music with it.
It’s being worked on, will require a PCB replacement though: https://github.com/iMike78/nest-mini-drop-in-pcb
The home mini is already available from the same creator.
That’s really cool, but $85 to repurposed an existing piece of hardware vs the Home Assistant Voice PE at $69 is tough to swallow.
Well, to be fair, these have much better speakers than the PE. That’s the only reason I want it over the PE, since most of what I’d do is play music with it.
I promise I read through the git readme twice before asking: where did you find the $85 price?
https://www.crowdsupply.com/micimike-rev-devices/micimike-home-mini-drop-in-pcb#products
Its not the same version but its the one I would need.