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Originally Posted by Quoth
I can't imagine it. Nor do I understand why you'd want one even if you do buy from Amazon.
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Why have any tech? Convenience. It's nice to be able to set kitchen timers while your hands are still covered in dough and you have other stuff to do, it's nice to just start playing a podcast, audiobook or song by saying it. Or answer a simple question like when does store XYZ close?
It's IMO the best way to control smart lights too. That's the main reason I have one.
Right now there aren't really any great completely self-contained options that don't use the cloud. Good speech to text is still too demanding for something like a Raspberry Pi on it's own.