From dd74b5193f46acaf0982e18fad6400df308a01a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?=E5=85=AD=E5=BC=80=E7=AE=B1?= Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 23:57:46 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?[=E6=89=8B=E5=8A=A8=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98][tech]:?= =?UTF-8?q?=2020221230.0=20=E2=AD=90=EF=B8=8F=20An=20Open-Source=20Alterna?= =?UTF-8?q?tive=20to=20Google,=20Alexa,=20and=20Siri=20in=20Works=20for=20?= =?UTF-8?q?Home=20Assistant=20Platform.md?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- ...d Siri in Works for Home Assistant Platform.md | 80 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20221230.0 ⭐️ An Open-Source Alternative to Google, Alexa, and Siri in Works for Home Assistant Platform.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20221230.0 ⭐️ An Open-Source Alternative to Google, Alexa, and Siri in Works for Home Assistant Platform.md b/sources/tech/20221230.0 ⭐️ An Open-Source Alternative to Google, Alexa, and Siri in Works for Home Assistant Platform.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..80b6010732 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20221230.0 ⭐️ An Open-Source Alternative to Google, Alexa, and Siri in Works for Home Assistant Platform.md @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +[#]: subject: "An Open-Source Alternative to Google, Alexa, and Siri in Works for Home Assistant Platform" +[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/open-source-assistant/" +[#]: author: "Sourav Rudra https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/" +[#]: collector: "lkxed" +[#]: translator: " " +[#]: reviewer: " " +[#]: publisher: " " +[#]: url: " " + +An Open-Source Alternative to Google, Alexa, and Siri in Works for Home Assistant Platform +====== + +An open-source assistant to replace Google, Alexa, Siri? + +![An Open-Source Alternative to Google, Alexa, and Siri in Works for Home Assistant Platform][1] + +**Home Assistant** is an open-source smart home platform that focuses on providing local control and privacy to its users. It can run off a Raspberry Pi or even a local server. + +They also have a subscription service for access to additional features such as support for Alexa and Google Assistant, which is managed by a company called '[Nabu Casa][2]'. + +> 💡 The company is led by [Paulus Schoutsen][3], the founder of Home Assistant. + +In a [blog][4] last week, Paulus announced **a new open-source project that aims to offer a voice assistant without an active internet connection** or any other big tech voice assistants. + +So, an _open-source challenger to Google, Alexa, and Siri?_😲 + +Let's see what this is all about, then. + +**What is it?:** This will be a part of the Home Assistant application and will offer the ability to run voice commands locally to control the connected smart devices. + +Paulus also asserts that their most important priority is to support different languages, he says: + +> People need to be able to speak in their own language, as that is the most accessible and only acceptable language for a voice assistant for the smart home. + +To fuel this endeavor, the creator of Rhasspy, [Mike Hansen][5], has been roped in to make this possible. + +For those of you who don't know, [Rhasspy][6] is another open-source software that specializes in providing a fully offline voice assistant that is backed by its community of users. + +If you ask me, I feel that this feature of Home Assistant will be powered by Rhasspy, which is a good thing. + +_Why reinvent something that already exists? It's better to improve upon it._ + +**What to expect?:** Initially, the voice assistant won't be able to do things you might expect. So, things like making a web search, making calls, playing voice games, etc., are a no-go. + +What it will focus on instead are the **basics of what a voice assistant should be**; this was done to make sure that the work ahead of them was manageable. + +They aim to start with a few actions and then build up language models around them. + +In its current state, Home Assistant supports 62 different languages in its user interface. They plan to add support for all these languages with their voice assistant. + +**When to expect?:** They have already started work on this by building a [collection of intent matching sentences][7] for every language. + +What this means is that the community can contribute to the development of the voice assistant by adapting the commands for smart devices to their respective native languages. + +They aim for a release sometime in **2023** and have mentioned that it will be the '_year of voice_'. + +I think an open-source voice assistant that works offline can be a very useful thing to have; it lets you be free of any tracking from big tech. + +💬 _With the added benefit of having a large community behind its development of it, what's not to like?_ + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://news.itsfoss.com/open-source-assistant/ + +作者：[Sourav Rudra][a] +选题：[lkxed][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/ +[b]: https://github.com/lkxed +[1]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w2000/2022/12/open-source-home-assistant-in-works.png +[2]: https://www.nabucasa.com +[3]: https://twitter.com/balloob +[4]: https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2022/12/20/year-of-voice/ +[5]: https://synesthesiam.com +[6]: https://rhasspy.readthedocs.io +[7]: https://github.com/home-assistant/intents