Comment on Amazon is considering shoving ads into Alexa+ conversations

• 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.

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    • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Working on it!

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  • 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.

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  • napkin2020@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh that is fucking awesome. Hope you can finish it and share it one day!

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• Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can I replace AppleHome with this stuff?

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  • 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.

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    • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Trust me, there’s annoyances and frustrations aplenty with Apple

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• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you can find a hass replacement for the Echo Flex, I will name my firstborn after you.

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  • 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.

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    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It doesn’t plug directly into the wall

      That’s a huge deal: it stays out of the way and it’s a complete unit.

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      • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah that’s why I called it out. It seemed like it was an important part.

        There probably isn’t an actual reason why you couldn’t connect it to a wall plug in a way that replicates this setup even if a bit hacky. E.g. short cable then attach the unit to the top of the plug. It’s not that heavy and may attach fine without coming out of the wall.

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