Yeah I understand the health issues for sure. First prostate cancer with a radical prostatectomy and then a year later Guillain-Barré Syndrome. I had lots of projects on hold for several years. This was like 5 years ago and I’m good now.
It’s fun and I recommend it, but I’m hesitant to say you can ‘replace’ your existing systems with it. You’ll probably mostly be able do what you want to do, but we’re still in the enthusiast stage and there’s going to be annoyances and frustrations. Home assistant is also one of the easier things to setup as far as self hosting goes, but you’re going to pick up some skills on the path to getting it working.
How far away is the Home Assistant Voice Preview from what you’re looking for?
It doesn’t plug directly into the wall but instead uses a USB C cable (that you provide). Other than this, mine can answer questions, search the internet, turn things on and off, play music via Spotify, Jellyfin, etc. Tell me about the state of stuff in Home Assistant (temps in rooms, how the solar is doing, what’s on my shopping list and can add things, etc).
It requires you already have Home Assistant set up but it is a pretty good experience so long as you’re willing to do some amount of tinkering to make it your own.
Like other comments say it’s not general public ready but it’s pretty close and costs $69.
Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Follow-up fix: get home assistant and recreate this yourself with a $15 device
esphome.io/projects/index.html
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I started making my own several years ago but got sidelined by health issues and haven’t gone back to it. :(
My end goal is I have a lot of comic books. I want a voice assistant that can query a database and then turn on smart lights to show box locations.
I got the database done, I got the queries working, then had a heart attack and never got the voice input or smart light output working. :(
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Tikiporch@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Damn. I hope you’re feeling better, my friend.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Working on it!
billwashere@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah I understand the health issues for sure. First prostate cancer with a radical prostatectomy and then a year later Guillain-Barré Syndrome. I had lots of projects on hold for several years. This was like 5 years ago and I’m good now.
napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Oh that is fucking awesome. Hope you can finish it and share it one day!
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Can I replace AppleHome with this stuff?
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
It’s fun and I recommend it, but I’m hesitant to say you can ‘replace’ your existing systems with it. You’ll probably mostly be able do what you want to do, but we’re still in the enthusiast stage and there’s going to be annoyances and frustrations. Home assistant is also one of the easier things to setup as far as self hosting goes, but you’re going to pick up some skills on the path to getting it working.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Trust me, there’s annoyances and frustrations aplenty with Apple
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
If you can find a hass replacement for the Echo Flex, I will name my firstborn after you.
Dave@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
How far away is the Home Assistant Voice Preview from what you’re looking for?
It doesn’t plug directly into the wall but instead uses a USB C cable (that you provide). Other than this, mine can answer questions, search the internet, turn things on and off, play music via Spotify, Jellyfin, etc. Tell me about the state of stuff in Home Assistant (temps in rooms, how the solar is doing, what’s on my shopping list and can add things, etc).
It requires you already have Home Assistant set up but it is a pretty good experience so long as you’re willing to do some amount of tinkering to make it your own.
Like other comments say it’s not general public ready but it’s pretty close and costs $69.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
That’s a huge deal: it stays out of the way and it’s a complete unit.