A Straightforward AI Voice Assistant, On a Pi

With AI being all the rage at the moment it’s been somewhat annoying that using a large language model (LLM) without significant amounts of computing power meant surrendering to an online service run by a large company. But as happens with every technological innovation the state of the art has moved on, now to such an extent that a computer as small as a Raspberry Pi can join the fun. [Nick Bild] has one running on a Pi 4, and he’s gone further than just a chatbot by making into a voice assistant.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/02/20/a-straightforward-ai-voice-assistant-on-a-pi/