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Google Releases DIY Open Source Raspberry Pi 'Voice Kit' Hardware

posted by CoolHand on Monday May 08 2017, @06:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the listen-to-us! dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Google has long been focused on artificial intelligence. Its Google Now and voice assistance projects have used AI to better the lives of users. The Google Home voice-based hardware unit brings its assistant to life, making traditional inputs and displays unnecessary. With just the power of your voice, you can interact with the device -- nothing else is needed.

The search giant has decided to take artificial intelligence to the maker community with a new initiative called AIY. This initiative (found here) will introduce open source AI projects to the public that makers can leverage in a simple way. Today, Google announces the first-ever AIY project. Called "Voice Kit," it is designed to work with a Raspberry Pi to create a voice-based virtual assistant. Please keep in mind that the Pi itself is not included, so you must bring your own. For this project, you can use a Pi 3 Model B, Pi 2, or Pi Zero. Want a Voice Kit? Here's how to get it. Heck, you might be getting one for free and you don't even know it.

Source: https://betanews.com/2017/05/04/google-open-source-raspberry-pi-diy-voice-kit/

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by LoRdTAW on Monday May 08 2017, @09:12PM (2 children)

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday May 08 2017, @09:12PM (#506587) Journal

    why complicate things needlessly?

    This is the maker community we are talking about. The same people who think an entire OS stack with a few megs of JS code is how you turn a light bulb on and off.

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday May 08 2017, @09:30PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Monday May 08 2017, @09:30PM (#506600) Journal

    Which is a result of their incompetency.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 09 2017, @01:19AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 09 2017, @01:19AM (#506697)

    This is the maker community we are talking about. The same people who think an entire OS stack with a few megs of JS code is how you turn a light bulb on and off.

    Me, I just use a switch. [scientificamerican.com]