Have you ever wanted your own Jarvis? A voice assistant that listens, thinks, and speaks back - all running privately on your own hardware? Here's how to build one with Whisper.cpp, Ollama, and Kokoro TTS. No cloud, no wake-word fees, no data leaving your machine. Prerequisites Hardware: Any modern computer with a microphone Software: Python 3.10+, Ollama installed Time: ~30 minutes setup Install…
Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) systems based on voice have become very popular among modern devices. In my current research, I created an AI Voice Agent that listens to users' speech, understands their intentions, and executes some smart operations, including writing code, summarizing data, and creating files. One of the main goals of my current work was developing an AI Voice Agent op…
Have you ever thought to yourself: I don’t use Siri on my phone enough? Many people rely on their phones every day, but not everyone takes full advantage of features like Siri. Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant, is an incredibly useful tool to have at your fingertips. By using voice commands, users can make calls, send… The post Siri on My Phone: Maximizing Voice Assistant Efficiency appeared first…
Any excuse to have Sherlock on the blog is good, I say. This time I want to record the fact that there is an open source voice assistant, called Mycroft, code available from GitHub , originating from Kansas City, MO, they say. Mycroft, like Alexa and Bixby , has skills contributed by the community of users. I wanted to buy Mycroft Mark 2, but this seems to be out of stock right now. The other ope…
