Build your own Local Echo for Home Assistant - Easier than you think! @SlackerLabs
Build your own Local Echo for Home Assistant - Easier than you think!  @SlackerLabs
Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Build your own Echo Replacement fro $50 or less. I also have a guide to go along with this video at : slacker-labs.com/setup-a-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-as-a-wyoming-satellite

Other important Links:

Link to Home Assistant guide on setting up local Assistant Pipeline: home-assistant.io/voice_control/voice_remote_local_assistant

Link to Original Walkthrough - github.com/rhasspy/wyoming-satellite/blob/master/docs/tutorial_2mic.md

YAML Code Mentioned in video: github.com/thejeffreystone/SlackerLabVideoExamples/tree/main/2024-LocalVoiceConfig


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Smaller one - thingiverse.com/thing:4704214

Bigger One - thingiverse.com/thing:4766696


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Video Chapters:

00:00 - Build your own Local Voice Assistant for $50 - Intro
01:09 - Prereqs to build a local Voice Assistant
04:35 - Prep the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W - Flash the OS
07:16 - Installing the software for the Wyoming Satellite - Step 0 - SSH Into the Pi
08:40 - Step 1 - Update the OS
09:04 - Step 2 - Install Git
09:27 - Step 3 - Clone Wyoming Satellite
09:52 - Step 4 - Install Respeaker Drivers
10:43 - Step 5 - Reboot
11:05 - Step 6 - SSH Back in to the Pi
11:24 - Step 7 - Install Wyoming Satellite Dependencies
12:05 - Step 8 - Test your Progress
12:33 - Step 9 - Make sure your ReSpeaker Hat is detected
13:10 - Step 10 - Record a test
13:43 - Step 11 - Playback Test Audio
14:09 - Step 12 - Make sure the Wyoming Satellite will run
14:56 - Step 13 - Create the Wyoming Service
16:25 - Step 14 - Enable the Service
16:41 - Step 15 - Check that Service is running
18:30 - Step 16A - Add Wyoming Satellite to Home Assistant
19:01 - Step 16B - Audio Enhancements
20:14 - Step 17 - Install Local Wake word Dependencies
20:51 - Step 18 - Clone Open Wake Word
21:31 - Step 19 - Setup Local Wake Word
21:56 - Step 20 - Create Local Wake Word Service
22:48 - Step 21 - Add Local Wake Word to Wyoming
24:36 - Step 22 - Test your Wake Word
25:03 - Step 23 - Enable the LEDs
26:31 - Step 24 - Create LED Service
28:59 - Button up Jarvis
29:43 - Jarvis - Setup your own commands
34:51 - Its not Perfect...

Correction:

07:03 You should really turn off the Pi before connecting the Pi Hat


Who am I?

My Name is Jeff. I am an DIY-er and Automator of boring things. And, of course, a huge Home Assistant fan. Oh, I also live in a house that tweets.

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