---
title: "my local, AI Voice Assistant (I replaced Alexa!!)"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-local-ai-voice-assistant-i-replaced-alexa--dqgshgwx8
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvbVePuP7NY
type: video:youtube
source: "NetworkChuck"
published: 2024-11-04T16:53:32.083Z
updated: 2024-12-09T10:39:30.363Z
tags: ["ai", "privacy", "raspberry-pi"]
reading_time: 39
upvotes: 28
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# my local, AI Voice Assistant (I replaced Alexa!!)

**[NetworkChuck](https://daily.dev/sources/networkchuck)** · 39 min read · 28 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The post guides on creating a fully local AI-powered voice assistant to replace Alexa, emphasizing privacy by avoiding cloud services. The setup involves building a home assistant using a Raspberry Pi, integrating with open-source tools like Raspi, Whisper, Piper, and enabling intent recognition with Home Assistant’s assist feature. It also covers how to offload AI-processing tasks to more powerful hardware and customizing elements like wake words and TTS voices.

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Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#raspberry-pi](https://daily.dev/tags/raspberry-pi)

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