Here’s a reminder to all those people who think that your tech is what’s holding you back from learning tech stuff.
Over the weekend, I wanted to try out an offline assistant project called #Rhasspy with my Raspberry Pi 3B that I had lying around. And this is what I used for the project:
• Respeaker 2-Mic Pi Hat ($17)
• 2008 Compaq Presario 700 laptop with linux installed ($70)
With this setup, I was able to get a new offline assistant up and running, learning basic Docker along the way. I learned about the basic recording and play back capabilities of linux and how to handle mixing the sound all through the terminal. Then I went through the Installation, Startup Guide, and Tutorial Rhasspy documentation combined with the Respeaker documentation to get it up and running.
The next steps are to decide on what commands I want the assistant to be capable of doing for me, and start writing the python code to generate the expected JSON file response for it to say.
And all this from about $132 dollars of equipment that I had mostly lying around (I had to buy the Respeaker 2-mic PiHat). That’s 15 Starbucks drinks. So don’t let coffee stop you from learning!
