Raspberry Pi Google AIY Voice Kit

[@harthenry]

"there you are, I just had my first conversation with a cardboard box"... priceless

[@VeryUsMumblings]

I thought I was watching an un-boxing video. And then everything ended up inside a box!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Nice.

[@MattExzy]

An unboxing, de-boxing, then re-boxing, all the boxes covered!

[@RealGengarTV]

All boxes checked✔

[@shmaymondshmoos5180]

u just broke the matrix fam

[@joejia1410]

Box ception

[@mCKENIC]

Thank you for this video Chris! Was not aware of Google AIY. I must say that as a child of the 70's I am both fascinated by and terrified of this :-) Looks to have amazingly useful applications but I must add, I for one welcome our new capacitor-based overlords!

[@medworthy]

@ExplainingComputers / Christopher, Please, what ever you do be extremely careful what you say around this device, nobody wants to see you being convicted for "perceived hate crime".;-)

[@medworthy]

Do you agree to Google service, "of course I do" replied Christopher cheerfully (whilst actually ignoring to fully read the terms of service agreement). Christopher, you are one very, very brave individual. Also, when you stated that "it is great to access it from our favourite single board computer", why did I get a shiver going down my spine?

[@MK-qo1rz]

Me too I'm like. .. that's amazing must get one to most of this new stuff... but todays kids are like that's too much work and you can get the echo. I think there main customers must be all in there 40s lol

[@pacovasda5955]

mCKENIC Google aiy in this kit form is nothing compared to what's inside your cell phone. You need to spend more time on KZbin because as your brother of seventies technology paranoia warnings that we've been given you'd be amazed to find out what satellite abilities are up there already that are part of the public knowledge base and not top secret. Lasers that can see vibrations translated into extremely clear sound. Sound and vibration satellites that pick up human movement and can identify one human from another by the sound and patterns of their footsteps several stories below. Go check out Kickstarter and you'll be shocked and amazed at some of the Technologies that are being produced by creative, consumer aiming people in their basements. Living at Cape Canaveral I watch a lot of lunches and read payload notes. Every single thing we were paranoid about already exists. with the exception of the robot uprisings and colonization of Mars.

[@pacovasda5955]

mCKENIC if you have an Android device it's the same thing as Siri go ahead and use it today right now it's a fun and interesting toy

[@Dronebotworkshop]

Excellent video! I ordered mine last month from Pimoroni, still waiting for it to ship, so it's nice to get a "sneak peek". With the extra connectors for servos, SPI and I2C on that HAT this has a lot of hacking potential.

[@ExplainingComputers]

I understand that these ship from Pimoroni and others at the very end of October. I've just uploaded a follow-up video (that releases this Sunday) where I try out Google Cloud Speech, and get that controlling LEDs connected via GPIO pins added to the Voice Hat. As you say, a lot of hacking -- and learning -- potential here.

[@Dronebotworkshop]

Awesome, I'll be tuned in on Sunday to check that out! Thanks for the response, love your channel!

[@donlee_ohhh]

14:22 "You Nork"? Ha! Thanks for your videos, I always appreciate your choice in subjects and the way you present everything.

[@TriDocs]

You know what sir? I really love your channel. Makes me feel back into 90's

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@srtcsb]

I'd heard about this, but wasn't sure what was involved. I don't think it could be much easier than this, and I doubt the kit cost anywhere near $129US the Google home cost. Thanks for another great video!

[@jepolch]

Thanks for letting me know about this. I just ordered a couple of kits!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Enjoy your kits! :)

[@BlazeFireXERO]

"And there we are, I'm having my first ever convocation with a cardboard box." I honestly love your sense of humour, EC. Anyone else feel the same?

[@resrussia]

Thanks for another project combining theory with a practical application using the Raspberry Pi.

[@FixUntilBroken]

Much more mature of a development project than the Alexa Pi project. The cardboard box is great too so it looks like they at least spent some time engineering a solution instead of leaving it all up to the developer.

[@ExplainingComputers]

And a lot easier to configure and run than the Alexa Pi project! :)

[@spikekent]

I might have to get one of these, if only to find out if it's better for LED controls than Alexa is. Looking forward to more videos of Google AIY projects Chris.

[@GeekBoy03]

The price of it has dropped to $10 USD since the version 2 came out.

[@Praxibetel-Ix]

I'm not sure what amused me more; when you searched "Google Ass", the comment about having a conversation with a cardboard box, or my Google Home Mini joining in on the action during the segment where you ask your Google Assistant box all those questions. 😅

[@matthew8556]

I've made one myself but with raspberry pi and without the kit a d I can say that this is something very useful

[@cpcnw]

Bloody nearly spat my tea out lol! - "Im having my first conversation with a cardboard box" absolute bloody classic!

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@SlevinKalevera]

I adore Google's obsession with Cardboard. I just got rid of my Home, but I might get one of these kits and repurpose my old test 3B for this. Awesome!

[@IRgEEK]

Great video, and I learned a new tech term, 'cardboardy parts' :-) A Friend sent me one of this kits and your post was a great companion during my own assembly. Thanks again!

[@byWatschi]

This is very cool, can´t wait to see projects with voice control. I would love to see how i can trigger a script with the assistant. please make another video with the AIY Voice kit.

[@ExplainingComputers]

I will be going this.

[@richardrichard9567]

It looks like a fun project and it's cheaper than Google home, but now Google home mini was released for $50 ($80 Canadian). I'm probably still going to get this. Just for the "I'm talking to a cardboard box" 😂

[@yaj1v]

So true!

[@madmarshman]

I'm watching this whilst setting up my voice box, and it has started to answer your questions from the video audio......skynet is live....

[@NovaspiritTech]

awesome job!! a lot smaller then i thought.

[@dirk4926]

It does seem to sound like a speaker in a cardboard box and I doubt I'd really enjoy listening to it stream music or even podcasts, but it is pretty cool.

[@steevee1945]

"I'm having my first-ever conversation with a cardboard box" LOL

[@barrysteakfry2359]

That is really cool ! in fact , its better than my smartphone...

[@TechBizmo]

That Voice kit is Really cool! :)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, it is one of the best things I have connected to a Raspberry Pi.

[@Wildmutationblu]

This had tempted me to pick up a Respberry Pi. Great video!

[@ThatFellowOnline]

Satisfying clicks are satisfying

[@therealDannyVasquez]

I gotta give this a try! I wonder if you can get the A.I with the British accent running on it.

[@ExplainingComputers]

I think that should be possible if you can run the Google Home app on something and adjust the settings.

[@Magus12000BC]

I want one that yells at me in a cockney accent and "tews me tago foind it mesewf". (My cockney still needs work.)

[@Jianju69]

Given the Pi is a British computer, hopefully someone at Google has thought of that. ;)

[@mustardroshi418]

U want a buttler mr Wayne

[@tonyweavers4292]

That looks like a great next project. Unfortunately, there seems to be no stock anywhere. eBay has some, where the greedy profiteers have bought them up and selling them for nearly £50 each! I will have to pre-order and wait. Great video once again Christopher.

[@ExplainingComputers]

As I understand it, there is stock arriving at the £25 price in a lot of stores in late October 2017 (links in video description). But a pre-order will be wise. These will sell out (again) quickly . . . it is a very nice kit.

[@tonyweavers4292]

I've pre-ordered one. :)

[@catsdgs]

15:32 I laughed so hard

[@thecaptain2281]

"And there we are. I'm having my first ever conversation, with a cardboard box." Love the subtle wit!

[@philipcross1586]

and it is probably smarter than some of the people i`ve had conversations with.

[@spud4242]

doesnt he mean that this is the first time the cardboard box has talked back...lol

[@uroborous01]

10:30 searching for google assistant. Typed in: "google ass". Laughed my head off.

[@cmdraftbrn]

put six hearts and paint it matte grey and white and you'll have a companion cube

[@Forbesbm124]

Highlight of my day! Thanks for the quality video

[@PaperBagMan884]

Lol I was watching this on my Android phone and every single time you said "OK Google," it activated my Google assistant.

[@joesmith9330]

i bought an arduino mega and a bunch of unos and im nailing it . thanks for all the great vids . robot should be up tomorrow get it ready for holloween. scare the kids reallly really good !

[@ExplainingComputers]

Excellent!

[@wellingtonboobs7985]

6:04 -- Some nice project here for a 3D printer. I enjoyed your recent coverage of the trade show. The prices for exceptionally high-quality devices is now very reasonable indeed (and falling).

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, as you say --- a good 3D printing project here! :)

[@jeeptrail08]

Excellent video Christopher

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks.

[@send2gl]

Brilliant presentation.

[@RalphAverbuch]

OK so I got it all working with keyboard, monitor and mouse... but how do you go about setting it up so that you can plug in the power, wait for it to boot and operate it as a headless unit??? Not that technically literate... but can just about manage!

[@petezel]

Very informative, great walkthrough - thanks!

[@tarnis3d]

Awesome, I have a kit on pre-order in the US from Microcenter, not sure if it's still available but you get a free kit with purchase of a Pi3($35). Should be available in two weeks.

[@ExplainingComputers]

I think you got a good deal there! :) I too have heard, from multiple sources, that there will be supplies of this kit with many retailers in about two weeks (end of October 2017).

[@HighRailmaxx]

Thank you Chris watching your video I was able to get AIY Project to work. Used src/main.py in dev terminal push button hello Google. Getting Google assistant was where problems occurred. Thanks

[@dimitriymirovsky]

for a lonely person this stuff is great. Now a can have my own personal AI talking buddy 24/7 😂

[@normannormiemates4844]

How could our grandparents have foreseen that the pinnacle of human achievement would be illustrated by a man getting all his wisdom from a cardboard box

[@jackburton9507]

thank you for the help ,got it working ,mine actually starting answer the questions you were asking ,lol

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@MultiGood2]

A notable thing is that it's soldering free.

[@RomanOnARiver]

Going to try this tomorrow. Is there a way to, if you have a display attached, show visual results like a Nest Home or Lenovo smart display?

[@BeefaloBart]

Its got a location on the board to add a right speaker, so does that mean if you solder in a connector or wires that it would allow stereo sound output?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, you can do that. There is a solder pad to solder across to set stereo output if you add another speaker as you describe.

[@davejacobsen3014]

Usually I don’t start talking to cardboard boxes until late at night, nice change first thing in morning.

[@MrRandomposter]

Had a look to order one of these kits following the links below Unavailable. Only available pre order when stock arrives.The kit costs more than the Pi itself after shipping but is very tempting add on.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Most retailers expect stock in late October -- though it is possible that enough people have now pre-ordered to use up the anticipated stock. This video has probably not helped the situation! :)

[@jamesbautista829]

I really love how google is obsessed with cardboards

[@Jianju69]

Cool project. Needs a means of filtering out audio not intended for Google's servers. Perhaps an additional SOC doing only speech recognition between the microphone and AIY-kit.

[@CreepebrineMC]

Then it could be possible to control the Pi Zero Robot over voice commands.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Potentially, yes. Though the noise of the motors may be an issue -- fine to say "forward", but it may not hear anything else. But I do plan to work on this. :)

[@CreepebrineMC]

Nice :D

[@CreepebrineMC]

Or remotely control it via voice commands on a phone

[@tamir5940]

I followed your directions on here with the google AIY and its telling me "bash: src/assistant_library_demo.py: No such file or directory" at 13:33 of your video

[@GTX4747]

I hope you'll make as promised in a future video a control option for LED's, servos, and lots of cool stuff

[@ExplainingComputers]

I have now uploaded a video that progresses to GPIO voic control: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2nNoHmBZ7Rre9U

[@meowthx1985]

Nice kit. Also I'm hoping to use my pi for like TV Tuner, Freeview and maybe use it for my Lego RCX brick. I've also managed to use my tablet and phone to link my pi using VNC viewer app. Sadly my wireless keyboard got broken so I had to use VNC Remote Desktop on my tablet as a keyboard and mouse.

[@leandrodrace]

Awesome project dude, I'm gonna have one of those.

[@donaldd5387]

Love your sense of humor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hotgamerboy6240]

Give it a face and body! It can be a mascot for the channel!

[@LoganT547]

YES!

[@matts_rantz4982]

Cool SBC project.😎😎😎

[@Bantammenace1903]

This can be configured so its not always listening. I set up my MagPi version of this so that the button had to be pressed and then the question asked. Of course the downside is that you have to be next to the box to press the button.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Indeed. And what many people here do not seem to appreciate is that it is only always listening locally! It does not send audio constantly to Google (they really do not want that much audio). Rather, it listens locally for the watch word (phrase), and only they streams audio to Google (as it you had pushed the button).

[@Melpomenex]

Thank you for this wonderful video!

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@Pamuel2010]

Im wondering how the audio compares to a Google Mini Home and the regular Google Home

[@RonSheely]

Fun project. Good job. Thank you.

[@allluckyseven]

Does it need to be connected to anything other than a power supply?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Once running, no.

[@Tangobaldy]

Tangobaldy Enjoyed the video but had no idea what was going on.. Way above me as i never used raspberry pi.

[@shankarchandramouleeswaran3864]

how to switch off the kit after first boot? And once we switch off , do we need moniter again to switch on the assistant?

[@ExplainingComputers]

You need to close down in the normal fashion. On a reboot, you then need to run things up again. A script could automate this -- look at my recent "Pi Devastator Robot #2" video for info on startup scripts.

[@jerrygundecker743]

This project, combined with a few other parts, (minus that big green button), would be useful with a screen and installed behind a bathroom mirror and get the news and weather in the morning while I'm shaving. Wahdaya think? I found several videos that show how to do that. I'm going to try that. Thanks.

[@ll_ubermensch_ll]

Are there limitation to Google AIY voice? Is it a full google assistant? How many commands does the assistant accept?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Limitations depend on where you are in the world. I gather it is pretty close in the US.

[@johns66723]

Could you make a video on what API's are and what they do etc

[@ExplainingComputers]

Good idea. Noted. :)

[@hussuanmko4366]

Nice I'll try it next month

[@ParedCheese]

"First time I've had a conversation with a cardboard box"? Yeah, like we believe that. 🙄

[@spud4242]

first time the box has talked back.. ha ha ha

[@veeruk2159]

This is really cool.

[@kcinplatinumgaming2598]

they seem a good concept but I would worry about magnetism near the PI?? or am I worrying too much ???

[@ExplainingComputers]

You are worrying too much! :)

[@kcinplatinumgaming2598]

Ha ha too old fashioned maybe still stuck in my 8 bit days of Z80s and 1K ram !! LOL

[@kengray1860]

very helpful in setting up! thanks!!

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@dimitristouroutoglou]

Make a project with the openhab

[@LimitlessScience20]

Please tell me how to change to male voice in the Google aiy voice kit !

[@tjtaygee]

great vid, love the walkthru & demonstartion.. curious if that configuration will work with the open source alexa-ish amazon stuff...

[@ExplainingComputers]

Probably . . .

[@KuntalGhosh]

Did you have to flip the led connection???

[@ExplainingComputers]

No, I was lucky and it worked by itself first time. For anybody trying this, the side of the LED linked internally to the resistor goes to the red wire connection.

[@zubeydeoz2067]

how can ı make it always work when ı start the raspberry?

[@AnilArya51]

Sir if I use it can I use GPIO pins of the Pi please reply....

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, this can be achieved.

[@LoganT547]

14:53 haha my Google Home Mini is now going crazy, thanks 😂

[@zubeydeoz2067]

can ı use the ımage with no kit ? is it work? and one more question can ı connect to my smart light?

[@jonathanbradley557]

Hey Chris, I have a question for you about this AIY project. I'm looking to get some for my and my older kids to do, and I am wondering...do they continually need to be plugged into a computer and/or monitor? I have no previous experience the RaspberryPi. Thank you!

[@maxmustermann1455]

Wonder if you could put both Alexa and Assistant on the same Pi and then access both with one device, depending on whether you say "Ok Google" or "Alexa".

[@ExplainingComputers]

Possibly . . .

[@MK-qo1rz]

Pre ordered my one ! Going to make my Yippit friend plooki into my own echo! IYKWM.

[@우마니-r2l]

what do I do if I wanna call the assistant with another name such as "Hey Glen" ?

[@ExplainingComputers]

As far as I am aware, this is not something that Google supports.

[@shubhendragautam]

Thanks for this video sir...... Sir, Can you tell me how to make the smart mirror? Or just I want a little help in choosing the mirror for smart mirror...

[@ExplainingComputers]

Checkout Nerdphilia's video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZXEc5xpaNOXac0

[@shubhendragautam]

Thanks but it doesn't clear my doubts ....

[@ExplainingComputers]

You are asking me for advice on a project I have not built or thought about building. So there is nothing I can add here I'm afraid.

[@shubhendragautam]

Okay.... but again thanks for your reply...

[@tinkernoggin3667]

hey, could you possibly explain to me why on my pi, even though I have set up the pi with everything else, when i head to the dev terminal and type in the command, it does not say aiy voice kit on the purple part... and any of the commands say bash:no such directory

[@mohammedawni5638]

When I run the src command in the end is says no such file or directory , help please??

[@holdipoldi6048]

a good and short info, also germans can understand :-)

[@koz]

This is really good. I had not heard of the AIY project before. Can the hardware be used for any other processing than Google's AI API? I'd be interested to know exactly what is going on inside that 'Voice HAT' and how much audio is actually uploaded to google to parse and respond to. I'd also be interested in sniffing the network activity in and out of the box when 'waiting' for its 'OK Google' command. Also note that turning on Audio Activity in your Google settings will active that for all your other devices which you use your google account on. I would probably recommend setting up a test google account for this.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Very good point on the "Audio Activity" settings. I am not aware of an official specification for the Google AIY Voice Hat . . .

[@koz]

After some research I now see the Voice HAT is just handling the Mics and Speaker amp. There's a video around of someone building their own HAT (without the servos extras) , to work with this project ;)

[@koz]

Here's a video where someone makes their own version of the Voice HAT. It's more simple than it looks! ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fX6UipWEgsaomc0

[@dvdavid888]

You can listen to all recorded audio submitted to Google through your history on your Google account

[@timwilcox5158]

good video, but sort of reminds me of the Internet box from the IT Crowd.

[@rjjaictin847]

Doesthis work on a raspberry pi zero?

[@ExplainingComputers]

I'm afraid not.

[@rjjaictin847]

@@ExplainingComputers thanks for the response

[@mshuman]

I believe they do have a separate voice kit that works with the raspberry pi zero.

[@Pygar2]

First project: a physical disconnect switch for the mikes and speaker (which can be used as a microphone). Labelled PRIVACY ENABLE, green LED means no connection, red means connected, caution advised... Any home businessfolk out there?

[@otex1118]

Does this work on the pi 2 as well

[@xerejuneseve6333]

Unboxing 1:10 ,hardware 2:05 ,software 8:30 ,testing 13:50 .

[@Wichurd]

Is there a way to customize the default google AI voice? I know you can change between male/female

[@MegaManNeo]

Would be interesting to know if this AIY thing also works with other languages as Google Now is also available outside of English speaking countries. Yes, having a software like this up and running all the time is questionable as far as privacy goes but as this has been realized using the Raspberry Pi, I could see quite some more scenarios for it than it'd be the case with _official_ Google Home hardware.

[@ExplainingComputers]

The privacy issue here is overplayed. Google Assistant does constantl listens for a watchword ("Okay Google"). But is does this using a local app. Only when it is triggered does it then stream a sequence of audio to Google. So Google is not listening to everything the user says.

[@BuzZ.]

They could at last send you normal body, not cardboard one. Maby acrylic one. Thole kit price will be around 15$ they could use something that's not cardboard.

[@Brutikus32]

Looks like a Meeseeks box. What if you're terrible at golf?

[@gshan994]

Can u show us how to use servos and motors with this kit.... I have a smart car made with a kit from Sunfounder foundation and want to merge this project with the car kit....😁