I just like calling them parasites, but I'm actually referring to this
project...
http://bjoernkarmann.dk/project_alias
I got as far as finding UK shops for the *precise* parts you'd need to
make it. Excluding the 3D printing and the microSD card... all the
other parts can be bought for around £60 inc. vat.
Pi 3A+ £27.38
https://cpc.farnell.com/raspberry-pi/rpi3-modap/sbc-raspberry-pi-3-model-...
ReSpeaker HAT £11.94
https://cpc.farnell.com/seeed-studio/107100001/respeaker-2-mics-pi-hat-ex...
PSU £ 9.00
https://cpc.farnell.com/raspberry-pi/t6711dv/raspberry-pi-psu-5-1v-2-5a-u...
2 Speakers £ 9.54
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372693926474
JST 2.0 Wire £ 1.49
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153995021243
We've got two of the original Google Home devices (not the mini's, the
bigger ones - as seen in the video in the link above) and recently
unplugged them as they were annoying us by saying weird things (or odd
noises) when we weren't speaking to them... and they're generally bloody
annoying anyway.
I can't wait for Mycroft <
https://mycroft.ai/> to release their Mark II
device
<
https://mycroft.ai/product/reserve-your-mark-ii-with-a-small-deposit/>
(hopefully next year). For now, we'll just use some older 'Chromecast
Audio' devices with regular speakers, at least they have no creepy
microphone listening and feeding the cloud.
Thought I'd share, even if I'm unlikely to make one... unless someone
thinks this'd be a good Hackspace or LUG project? I'd be happy to
donate a Google Home for that purpose.
--
Steven Maddox
Lantizia