Hacker News with Generative AI: Voice Assistants

The Alexa Skills revolution that wasn't (theverge.com)
The first Amazon Echo, all the way back in 2014, was pitched as a device for a few simple things: playing music, asking basic questions, getting the weather.

Amazon Alexa, Voice Assistants, Consumer Technology

6 points by marban 19 days ago | 2 comments

Launch HN: Hamming (YC S24) – Automated Testing for Voice Agents (ycombinator.com)

Software, Testing, Voice Assistants, YC

129 points by sumanyusharma 98 days ago | 66 comments

New Google Pixel 9 voice assistant Gemini is a trainwreck (fastcompany.com)

Voice Assistants, AI, Reviews

14 points by jnord 99 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: ShortLoop – Replay Audio Calls and Test Your VoiceAI (shortloop.dev)

Voice Assistants, Audio, AI, Software

14 points by deepakthakur 112 days ago | 6 comments

Launch HN: Martin (YC S23) – Using LLMs to Make a Better Siri (ycombinator.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Voice Assistants

153 points by darweenist 113 days ago | 103 comments

OpenAI starts rolling out new voice mode (twitter.com)

OpenAI, Voice Assistants, Artificial Intelligence, Technology

51 points by doubtfuluser 114 days ago | 24 comments

I coded an AI voice assistant using AssemblyAI, OpenAI and ElevenLabs (youtube.com)

AI, Voice Assistants, Programming, Open Source, Deep Learning

7 points by smithakolan 115 days ago | 0 comments

Ask Siri, Dictation and Privacy (apple.com)

Privacy, Voice Assistants, Apple

37 points by elpakal 120 days ago | 9 comments

Show HN: A fast OSS voice assistant (vercel.app)

Open Source, Voice Assistants, Software

82 points by Rauchg 136 days ago | 29 comments

Ask HN: How does Alexa avoid interrupting itself when saying its own name? (ycombinator.com)

Amazon Alexa, Voice Assistants

41 points by dumbest 149 days ago | 55 comments

Show HN: Local voice assistant using Ollama, transformers and Coqui TTS toolkit (github.com/mezbaul-h)

Voice Assistants, Open Source, Machine Learning

167 points by mezba 154 days ago | 26 comments

Show HN: 100% open-source voice assistant – as a HAL9000 (github.com/juergenpabel)

Open Source, Voice Assistants, AI, HAL9000

18 points by juergenpabel 160 days ago | 0 comments

Making my local LLM voice assistant faster and more scalable with RAG (johnthenerd.com)

Voice Assistants, Optimization

122 points by JohnTheNerd 160 days ago | 16 comments

Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant (github.com/nkasmanoff)

Raspberry Pi, Voice Assistants, Open Source, Hardware, DIY

344 points by nkaz123 192 days ago | 92 comments

Show HN: An open source framework for voice assistants (github.com/pipecat-ai)

Open Source, Voice Assistants, Software, AI

346 points by kwindla 192 days ago | 39 comments

Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors (nytimes.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Apple, Technology, Voice Assistants

26 points by mistersquid 195 days ago | 23 comments

Should Apple Kill Siri and Start Over? (macrumors.com)

Apple, Siri, Voice Assistants

32 points by marban 217 days ago | 41 comments

Ask HN: It's 2024, why are voice assistants still so buggy? (ycombinator.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Voice Assistants, Technology

11 points by samuelg123 222 days ago | 11 comments

Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills (arstechnica.com)

Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, Voice Assistants, Business

172 points by Stratoscope 224 days ago | 203 comments