Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company’s plans.

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      4 months ago

      Any recommendations for a voice tool? It felt like I would need to setup a room microphone on my orange pi when I was reading the docs.

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        Yeah, you can plug it into a few external services like OpenAI or even use a local LLM like LocalAI. Not used either, but I know it’s possible.

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        The models? The interface? Spinning your own? Home Assistant in general? What the fuck are you on about?

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        for 20 bones all in, it’s one of the most utilized pieces of technology i own, for doing the simplest of shit, it’s perfect

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          I’m still getting my feet wet with HAOS. Mainly got it for frigate but I’ve been trying to do more and more with it every week and I think I’m way over my head lol. It seems really cool if you know how to make everything work but I’m still trying to figure out so much I end up having to walk away and come back to it later after getting confused. It’s helped a bit to start writing out what I’m trying to do on paper and tinker with things while keeping notes.