I’m about to try some custom wake words, I can think of these so far:
- Hey Assistant
- Hey GlaDOS
- Hey Skynet
- Hey Tardis
- R2-D2
- CPU
- Computer
- Operator
I’ll use them for a while and see which one I like best.
What wake word are you using? Do you have some other cool ideas?
I don’t use any home assistant technology but I feel like yelling “Hail Satan!” into an empty room and getting a response would be fun
As a Satanist you have my vote!
This is exactly what I was looking for thanks. I’m not migrating to HA voice just yet, but when I do, you can be damn sure that “Hail Satan” will be the wake word.
“Satan, Play Emperor on the living room stereo”
Yeah, but you should use something that you don’t use in every day life ;P
I might use Porcupine, as I did when I tested Rhasspy. But one thing to think about, the easier it is to mishear, the more false positives you will have. Part of the reason I like porcupine, it’s a very distinct word.
SEARLE: Icarus. ICARUS [OVER COMMUNICATOR]: Yes, Dr. Searle? Please re-filter the Observation Room portal. ICARUS: Filter up or down, Dr. Searle? Down. Oh, my. Icarus, how close is this to full brightness? ICARUS: At this distance of 36 million miles… …you are observing the sun at 2 percent of full brightness. Two percent? Can you show me 4 percent?
Is there a syllable requirement? While I never directly experienced the fiasco that was Bixby, I’m amused by the “Bixby Button” on my new iPhone, so: Bixby
Big E (warhammer 40k)
“COMPUTER, TURN OFF THAT NOISE” is obligatory, i feel
“hello Mr computer” from star trek tos movie.
However I’m immature so I probably would go with “hey bitch” but probably would get my partner confused of who I’m talking too.
Most likely would be “hey micro-brain” or “hey micro-slave” . The micro part is probably enough for my partner to know it’s not them too.
Pardon my ignorance. If I want to replace my Echo dots at home, can I make some kind of like, home made ones? I like having them for light control and music etc. but. After having them a few years they certainly have limits and privacy disadvantages. I have all hue lights at home myself. The echos just act as interfaces. Nobody in the family really uses the web interface much for light control. It’s usually voice. Can I have my cake and eat it to? How? Raspberry pi?
You might be interested in projects like https://openhab.org, or https://mycroft.ai
I have tinkered with mycroft in the past and it was kinda finnicky at the time, but overal a great idea(an assistant like google or alexa but privacy oriented). A colleague of mine uses openhab for everything but security(his wife objected to that lol).
For starters i’d recommend some single board computer like the a raspberrypi, a speaker and a microphone and maybe try one of these (https://www.electromaker.io/blog/article/9-best-raspberry-pi-smart-home-software-options) out yourself.
Thanks for taking the time to post about those projects. I have heard of Mycroft but not openhab. The future is bright 🤩
I really hope somebody finds a way to upload custom firmware to Google or Alexa speakers. I like the hardware and the sound and I know I will not be able to build something as nice myself…
Lord emperor
I’ll definitely go for “hey Johnny” or just Johnny. Based on the self taken name of Number 5 from Short Circuit .
When I had a Moto X way back when, I used “Would you kindly” as the wake word.
I miss that phone, and specifically the custom wake word functionality. Well, that and the wooden back.
I miss the Moto X. I’ve been known to nerdily use “prepare for voice command”.
“Janet?”
“Jarvis”
How about “I say”…makes all your commands sound very posh.
Or very Foghorn Leghorn.
