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My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant
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A locally hosted voice assistant has been developed using HomeAssistant's assist feature, leveraging local first technology and llama.cpp. The transition from Google Home to this setup involved specific decisions tailored to enhance reliability and user experience.
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- Praise: Gemini 2.5 Flash is praised for its exceptional speed and cost-effectiveness as a home assistant, making it a viable alternative for users concerned about expenses.
- Praise: The new voice assistant shows significant improvements over Siri, particularly in context awareness and reducing unnecessary prompts, which enhances user experience.
- Concern: Wake word detection remains a major issue, with users reporting that current solutions fail to match the reliability of established devices like Amazon Echo.
- Concern: The audio quality of responses from the Home Assistant Voice Preview devices is criticized as being poor, which detracts from the overall user experience.