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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I do run ProtonVPN on all of my devices, daily drive Linux on my PC and laptop, and have GrapheneOS as my ROM. So device privacy is not really the issue. This is more about not wanting to have accounts with the likes of Meta who have time and time again shown that they are completely against user privacy, but I feel it is more and more difficult to live without as most people don’t know/don’t care about personal privacy.


  • Thanks for your comment Deckweiss. To reply to your assumptions I’m not American and am definitely not young.

    I’d be interested to hear about how your and your friends learn about local events without any access to the main channels that seem to be used by most venues, i.e. Facebook and Instagram, as I’d happily take some advice on this.

    Also, as per my original post, it is not about meeting new people, that I have no problem with, it is about the inevitable conversation when they exclusively use WhatsApp to stay in contact.










  • For those asking, here are my Docker Compose files for Piper (text-to-speech), Whisper (speech-to-text), and OpenWakeWord (allows the use of a wake word with things like the Atom Echo)

    Piper

    version: '3.3'
    services:
      wyoming-piper:
        container_name: wyoming-piper
        image: 'rhasspy/wyoming-piper'
        ports:
          - "10200:10200"
        volumes:
          - '/docker/containers/wyoming-piper/data:/data'
        command: [ "--voice", "en_US-danny-low" ]
        restart: always
    

    Note: The voice can be changed depending on your preference. Listen to the possible options here.

    Whisper

    version: '3.3'
    services:
      wyoming-whisper:
        container_name: wyoming-whisper
        image: 'rhasspy/wyoming-whisper'
        ports:
          - "10300:10300"
        volumes:
          - '/docker/containers/wyoming-whisper/data:/data'
        command: [ "--model", "base", "--language", "en" ]
        restart: always
    

    Note: The model can be changed depending on the power of your system. See possible options here.

    OpenWakeWord

    version: '3.3'
    services:
      wyoming-openwakeword:
        container_name: wyoming-openwakeword
        image: 'rhasspy/wyoming-openwakeword'
        ports:
          - "10400:10400"
        volumes:
          - '/docker/containers/wyoming-openwakeword/data:/data'
          - '/docker/containers/wyoming-openwakeword/custom:/custom'
        command: --preload-model 'ok_nabu' --custom-model-dir /custom
        restart: always
    

    Note: Even though the model for the wake command is set in the Compose file, this can easily be changed in your HA Assist settings.

    After they are up and running, you can just manually add the Integrations to HA which will create the Wyoming Protocol Integration. Then go back to your Assist settings and they should be available in the relevant dropdowns.

    I hope this helps