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  • Date Created: 8 Apr 2016 10:19 AM Date Created
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Running Amazon Echo (Alexa) on Raspberry Pi Zero

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8 Apr 2016

Need to know the distance to the sun in centimeters, what weather it will be tomorrow or turn on the lights using your voice? Or perhaps you just need someone to talk to at night, when working on your projects? With Amazon's Alexa Voice Service on the Raspberry Pi Zero, this is now a reality, at a very affordable price!

 

Using a Raspberry Pi Zero, a USB sound card, speaker, microphone and a huge button, I created my personal assistant!

 

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For instructions on how to reproduce this build, have a look at the blog post on my personal website: Running Amazon Echo (Alexa) on Raspberry Pi Zero – Frederick Vandenbosch

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  • gadget.iom
    gadget.iom over 9 years ago +2
    I’m afraid I can’t let you do that Dave. HAL - 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • fvan
    fvan over 9 years ago in reply to gadget.iom +1
    Alexa has been very cooperative so far, let's hope she stays that way
  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 9 years ago +1
    It seems a lot of hardware and work to find out what a Raspberry Pi is .... Nice work, it looks very useful. Mark
  • ipv1
    ipv1 over 9 years ago

    I tried that on a RPi2 and it worked most of the time. If you have a flaky Internet connection then the java app keeps crashing. I am trying to use it to control stuff but so far its crashed a lot more than I would like it to,

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    mcb1 over 9 years ago in reply to fvan

    I heard NZ is no longer known for Hobbits ....

    It seems Tax Haven trusts are the more common issue amongst overseas people not wanting to pay their fair share of tax.

     

    Does she know this.?

     

    Mark

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    fvan over 9 years ago in reply to mcb1

    She even knows the distance to the sun in millimeters!

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    mcb1 over 9 years ago

    It seems a lot of hardware and work to find out what a Raspberry Pi is .... image

     

    Nice work, it looks very useful.

    Mark

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    gadget.iom over 9 years ago in reply to fvan

    Indeed image

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