Privacy voice assistant

Mycroft AI

A privacy-first voice assistant on a Raspberry Pi, replacing my Google Assistant.

**Web GUI**The web GUI, though nearly everything is controlled via the terminal.

**Terminal GUI**The terminal GUI shows your interactions visually.

Task

The idea was to deploy Mycroft as a privacy-first voice assistant on my Raspberry Pi to replace my Google Home Assistant.

Functionality

I turned my Raspberry Pi into a voice assistant. After connecting an external microphone and speaker and installing the Mycroft distribution, I went through the setup. The many settings let me tailor it to my needs. After a long debug session and connecting all my services, including Home Assistant, it works fine. The downsides of this more private solution: some delay, limited compatibility with external services and a not-so-perfect voice.