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Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant

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Re: Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant

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Post by krono »

pyaamb wrote: post #24
rkagerer wrote: post #5

I wanted to create a voice assistant that is completely offline and doesn't require any internet connection. This is because I wanted to ensure that the user's privacy is protected and that the user's data is not being sent to any third party servers. Props, and thank you for this.

I would love for Apple/Google to introduce some tech that would make it provable/verifiable that the camera/mic on the device can only be captured when the indicator is on and that it isn't possible for apps or even higher layers of OS to spoof this

Thinkpads come with that, an unspoofable indicator that will tell you with 100% certainty that your image is not being recorded or even recordable unless the physical operator of the machine allows it. Can't beat a physical cover if you really want to be sure!

Re: Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant

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Post by lttlrck »

stereosteve wrote: post #33

Why does Picard always have to specify temperature preference for his Earl Gray tea? Shouldn’t the super smart AI have learned his preference by now?

Perhaps he must be specific to override a hard, lawsuit proof, default that is too tepid for his tastes.

Will there still be lawsuits in the post-scarcity world? Probably.

Re: Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant

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Post by [deleted] »

nkaz123 wrote: post #16
dasl wrote: post #15

What latency do you get? I'd be interested in seeing a demo video.

Fully depends on the model, how much conversational context you provide, but if you keep things to a bare minimum, ~ https://moondream.ai/ , but that takes around 45 seconds so the next idea is to take a more basic image captioning model and insert it's output into context and try to cut that time down even more. I also tried using Vulkan, which is supposedly faster, but the times were a bit slower than normal CPU fo…

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Re: Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant

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Post by Rebelgecko »

herval wrote: post #26
pyaamb wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would love for Apple/Google to introduce some tech that would make it provable/verifiable that the camera/mic on the device can only be captured when the indicator is on and that it isn't possible for apps or even higher layers of OS to spoof this

That’s allegedly the case in iOS (not the provable part, but I wonder if anyone managed to disprove it yet?)

It's annoying difficult to try and find an article about it, but IIRC there was a hack for the MacBook Pro's green camera LED where toggling the camera on and off super quickly would wouldn't give the LED time to light up

Re: Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant

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Post by fnordpiglet »

orthecreedence wrote: post #6
rkagerer wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pi-C.A.R.D is perfect. Read it 100% as Picard, and more recognizable that LCARS.

Just configure it to respond to "Computer" and you're good to go.

As a professional technology person I say “computer” about 1megatoken per day

Re: Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant

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Post by ethagnawl »

I'm looking forward to trying this. Hopefully this gains traction, as (AFAIK) an open, reliable, flexible, privacy focused voice assistant is still sorely needed.

About a year ago, my family was really keen on getting an Alexa. I don't want Bezos spy devices in our home, so I convinced them to let me try making our own. I went with Mycroft on a Pi 4 and it did not go well. The wake word detection was inconsistent, the integrations were lacking and I think it'd been effectively abandoned by that point. I'd intended to contribute to the project and some of the integrations I was struggling with but life intervened and I never got back to it. Also, thankfully, my family forgot about the Alexa.

Re: Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant

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Post by pkaye »

stereosteve wrote: post #33

Why does Picard always have to specify temperature preference for his Earl Gray tea? Shouldn’t the super smart AI have learned his preference by now?

Well the one time he just said "Tea, Earl Grey" the computer assumed, "Tea, Earl Grey, luke warm".

Re: Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant

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Post by JakeStone »

Rebelgecko wrote: post #45
herval wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s allegedly the case in iOS (not the provable part, but I wonder if anyone managed to disprove it yet?)

It's annoying difficult to try and find an article about it, but IIRC there was a hack for the MacBook Pro's green camera LED where toggling the camera on and off super quickly would wouldn't give the LED time to light up

I didn't know that, but I'm glad I have my MacBook in clamshell mode with an external camera with a physical cover.

I mean, I appreciated the little green light, but the fact that it seemed necessary indicates to me that humanity still needs some evolving.

Re: Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant

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Post by datadrivenangel »

orthecreedence wrote: post #6
rkagerer wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pi-C.A.R.D is perfect. Read it 100% as Picard, and more recognizable that LCARS.

Just configure it to respond to "Computer" and you're good to go.

Captain might be funnier.

Or just use the mouse.

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