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Re:Rhasspy is an open source, fully offline voice assistant ... by jszymborski on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @10:04PM (#21926378)
This looks like a lot of fun to hook up to something like this 6 mic hat for the Raspberry Pi

https://respeaker.io/6_mic_array/

Re:Rhasspy is an open source, fully offline voice assistant ... by davewongillies on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @01:01PM (#21929372)
The ReSpeaker Core v2.0 looks like it could be fun too:

* Debian-Based Linux System

* SDK for Speech Algorithms with Full Documents

* C++ SDK and Python Wrapper

* Speech Algorithms and Features

* Keyword Spotting (Wake-Up)

* BF (Beamforming)

* DoA (Direction of Arrival)

* NS (Noise Suppression)

* AEC (Acoustic Echo Cancellation) and AGC (Automatic Gain Control)

* All-in-One Solution with High Performance SoC

* 8 Channel ADC for 6 Microphone Array and 2 Loopbacks (Hardware Loopback)

https://respeaker.io/rk3229_core/

Re:Rhasspy is an open source, fully offline voice assistant ... by Havoc on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @06:05AM (#21927587)
I have one of those

They’re pretty decent. Solid range. The setup is sorta ok. Requires a bit of googling and tweaking

Re:Rhasspy is an open source, fully offline voice assistant ... by intpx on Thursday January 02, 2020 @09:58AM (#21935818)
the playstation eye has a pretty decent far field mic array and can be had for next to nothing. I used one with a raspberry pi to make a google assistant a few years ago
Re:Rhasspy is an open source, fully offline voice assistant ... by squanch on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @05:43PM (#21931252)
thank you for bringing these products to my attention :-)