2025.7: That's the question
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  • HiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Is there some trick to getting this installed? My HAOS instance (x64 generic) has no updates pending despite refreshing by clicking “Check for updates” in the android app…

    • SwizzleStick@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Agree. I do not speak to the machine. It does not speak to me. It is a happy arrangement.

      I can see the use as an accessibility aid, but nothing more.

      • med@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        9 days ago

        All I have ever wanted from a machine is to be able to say, “I’m busy right now, but I’ve had a thought; here - hold this for me”…

        …without it telling anyone me and my partner’s batting average.

      • nogooduser@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 days ago

        I use it to do things at the same time as other things. I can add something to the shopping list when I’m cooking or turn on the fan when I’m getting ready for bed without stopping what I’m doing to click buttons. I find that it’s really good for things that can’t easily be automated but you also can’t (or don’t want to) put on a physical button.

        I actually use Alexa as I haven’t had time to investigate HA voice control but the principle is the same.

        • SwizzleStick@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          8 days ago

          No Alexa here for more reasons than just being a voice assistant.

          None of them would particularly useful to me even if I didn’t hate them, due to a lot of hearing loss. Real voices are hard enough and the ones from a speaker are worse. Anything from a PA system is unintelligible.

          Most things we have automated with sensors, schedules and buttons. Not much else to be done that can’t be done with a few seconds of infrequent manual input, or shortcut software button on device.

          I think I’m dead set on this. It’s nice to see others getting along, but I’ll never want it.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Removing dependency on using cloud voice like Google or Amazon is awesome. I wouldn’t use voice if that’s how I had to do it, and I really like voice control for my HA ecosystem.

      • Oisteink@feddit.nlEnglish
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        9 days ago

        To me it’s very gimmicky and requires a lot of work. It probably fits English speakers better as I’ve not had any luck using local voice.

        • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 days ago

          You do need a bit of horsepower to run Whisper locally. A Nabu Casa subscription gets you their voice processing, and it’s quick. Granted, it’s not local but I trust them a pile more than I trust either of the other two, and if I had to I’d buy a GPU and run it locally, that’s their focus anyway.

    • B0rax@feddit.orgEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I guess they have watched a lot of Ironman and want to recreate Jarvis at some point