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How is it going with “Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition”? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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For those of us still impatiently waiting, what is your experience so far with “Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition”?

—- I ordered just 2 hours in but the vendor I used sold out in 21 minutes. I just found out I also missed the restock, so hopefully some time next month.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I just haven't seen any implementation that works for me. Like, I use Google assistant sometimes and it really can't do anything reliably besides setting a timer. I just don't think it's a good way to interact with systems to begin with.

Maybe other people have better luck with it, and it's good that the HA Devs are building a free version of it, but it's just not for me.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I use Siri for this kinda thing and it is 100% accurate for setting lights and timers. Sometimes I just want to talk instead of pressing phone buttons or switches, it can save me from getting out of bed. Definitely not a necessity though.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago

    I also have excellent results with Siri. While I have it require a click before listening, I’m always wearing my watch so it’s still pretty convenient.

    But I have to admit the always listening part is kind of nice. It started off innocently enough : hey my thermostat can do Alexa. Then we discovered the intercom feature and ended up with one in every room

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