Mycroft – A.I. for everyone

Re:Mycroft – A.I. for everyone by kevlar1818 on Monday December 26, 2016 @11:12AM (#13258674)

This is the biggest shortcoming of this project IMO; it only uses PocketSphinx to recognize the trigger phrase, and then uses Google STT for the command phrase.

A big reason I (and I believe others) are wary of Amazon Echo and Google Home are because we don't like the idea of having an always-on microphone in my home, shuttling everything my family says to these giant companies.

I really hope the MycroftAI-backed OpenSTT[1] project gets off the ground so they (and others) can divorce themselves from Amazon, Google, Bing, etc. services.

[1] https://openstt.org/

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Re:Mycroft – A.I. for everyone by amelius on Monday December 26, 2016 @11:43AM (#13258795)

Good points. I also think we really should not label software "open source" unless it is really open source.

But good to see that at least the project has the intention of becoming open source.

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