Comment by _spduchamp
9 hours ago
How about a button?
I'd prefer to physically press a button on an intercom box than having something churning away constantly processing sound.
9 hours ago
How about a button?
I'd prefer to physically press a button on an intercom box than having something churning away constantly processing sound.
If I have to go to a thing and push a button, I'd rather the button do the thing I wanted in the first place. Voice assistants are for when my hands are full or I don't want to get up. (I wrote more about my home automation philosophy in another comment[1]).
Also I have all my voice assistant devices mounted to the ceiling
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47399909
The pebble index seems like the optimal form for this.
https://repebble.com/index
Could be pressed even if your hands were busy.
If you want to relax some constraints, I made something similar for $10: https://www.stavros.io/posts/i-made-a-voice-note-taker/
Did you have any luck with the power issues on the new board?
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I'm in if I can embed it into my forearm
In the mid 2000s I had a setup where some children's walkie talkie "spy watches" could be used to issue commands to a completely DIY, relay based smart home system.
I'm looking forward to whenever my Pebble ships so I can recreate that experience with this: https://github.com/skylord123/pebble-home-assistant-ws
apple watch gets you close.
Time for a real life Star Trek comm badge
We thought so too ;) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/y-combinator_button-computer-...
Rules out a bunch of cases where your hands are busy handling ingredients in the kitchen, etc