ATOM Echo as Voice Assistant for Smart Home 🎤🏠

[@guyin916]

thank you for this, kp!

[@KPeyanski]

My pleasure! Are you going to try it?

[@Teleport73]

Thanks for this. Very useful, but I'll be waiting until there's a solution with wake words, that doesn't need the button press.

[@KPeyanski]

Yes, that will be the next level :)

[@vivian_music]

It is now available

[@SMorrisRose]

ESP32 S3 Box [3] provides that.

[@ernstrietbergen1876]

Hi if i wan't to install piper or whisper it wants to know host an port of wyoming protocol waht can i do wrong?

[@photelegy]

❓7:34 When I click connect I see "USB Serial Port (COM3)" and I can click it to connect. But then it says: Error ⚠️ Failed to download manifest Do you have an idea what the problem is? Or is there another way to get it to work? Thank you very much!

[@KPeyanski]

what is your browser?

[@photelegy]

@@KPeyanski Chrome

[@photelegy]

I tried it again today and it worked. I read that maybe there was a temporary problem with the link. But sadly now it won't show up in the Integration section. 🤷🏻‍♂️ 9:25 I wrote ... because I use it with https. Or could this become a problem with ESPHome?

[@mejnour1]

gracias!

[@KPeyanski]

You are welcome :) Are you going to try it?

[@mrdanielsmith5829]

😂works great thankyou

[@KPeyanski]

Enjoy

[@mouhssinemhe4194]

Thanks for the video. I think it would be more useful if it was wireless need a battery to power it.

[@KPeyanski]

Yes I agree, maybe next version :)

[@mouhssinemhe4194]

@@KPeyanski I found a video on YT a DIY version with esp32, mic, speaker and battery powered all in 3d printed shell kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5a4eGaJnp6ZkM0si=TQ_0oY31WbJzgPnH I think mixing up the 2 projects would be great. Thank you and keep up the good content.

[@dtlbg]

Страхотно видео! Благодаря! Имам един въпрос, не ми остава време да тествам - работи ли на разпознаване на български език с бг команди?

[@KPeyanski]

Благодаря ти, честно казано не го пробвах подробно. Има Български, но за TTS трябва да се избере Google Translate вместо Piper. Би трябвало да работи, но най-добре е да се пробва подробно

[@noellmayoral9010]

He didn't run into the issue about the "Host ID". All of these tutorials never show when the issues come up.

[@nigelholland24]

Amazon link takes you a atom echo for £219 link wrong great video thanks

[@KPeyanski]

Thanks for the info! It seems that you are redirected to Amazon UK and unfortunately there is no such product. Instead, some Amazon speaker is displayed for such a price

[@nigelholland24]

@@KPeyanski ok thanks for your answer.

[@saltwell]

I think the Atom Echo is for experts only. I consider myself IT literate but spent literally days trying to set one up and things only went from bad to worse. Initially it seemed to install bit didn't work properly - nothing I could do with it triggered any response in Home Assistant and its light lit, but never in green. Eventually it failed with a persistent encryption error, even after multiple reinstalls. I blame the ESP Home software with its ambiguous instructions and user-hostile nature and hope I never need to use it.

[@KPeyanski]

Sorry for your bad experience. Just a quick question did you try that before you watch the video or after that?

[@saltwell]

@@KPeyanski Before watching your video (a few weeks ago). I had watched two earlier videos from other people and tried to follow the instructions in the Home Assistant documentation but very few of the steps worked for me as described.

[@Felipe-ij2lu]

@@saltwell agree with your assessment of ESPhome, it is a little oversold as easy to use, but it is very ambiguous and not very user-friendly. It works well, but a lot of untold tricks and installation steps that are not obvious. ESPhome needs a LOT of polishing for better usability. INstead of adding more features, they should spend time in the configuration flow options and also an easy-to-update procedure

[@PhilBradley-d4m]

Can you explain why ESP home needs to be installed please?

[@KPeyanski]

Think of it as a firmware or software that commands the hardware (atom echo) and speaks with home assistant wirelessly

[@mehmetakkaya898]

Can we talk without pressing the button? Because I want to hang atom echo from the ceiling while using it at home. Can I use it like that?

[@KPeyanski]

Not with this device. Pressing the button before talking is a must

[@mehmetakkaya898]

Understand thank you

[@grahamshaw5531]

I have one but do not use it as I've replaced it with a phone.

[@KPeyanski]

Thanks for sharing! You can use them both in different rooms for example

[@grahamshaw5531]

True. I tend to use Alexa around the house.

[@nigelholland24]

Also tried to order from website still not available in UK

[@KPeyanski]

Sorry to hear that, I can only suggest to check again after a while...

[@mehmetakkaya898]

Sesli asistanlardan çok farklı değil. Fakat onlardan çok daha ucuz.

[@KPeyanski]

I don't understand, hope it is something good or informative ;)

[@mehmetakkaya898]

English "It's not very different from voice assistants. But they are much cheaper."

[@KPeyanski]

Thanks for the translation, can you please share which speaker is cheaper than the one in the video?

[@mehmetakkaya898]

"I think it was a mistranslation. That's what I meant. I meant it's not cheap. The cheapest is atom echo. Voice assistants from brands like Amazon or Google are very expensive."

[@MrZiemwit]

pressing button? meh no :)

[@KPeyanski]

What are you using instead at the moment?

[@MrZiemwit]

@@KPeyanski nothing - there is zero good simple cheap solution for offline non spying open device for home assistant :(

[@SayWhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat]

CRAP! IF YOU NEED TO PRESS BUTTON IT'S WORTHLESS THEN.

[@KPeyanski]

Check the waking word video