A Home Assistant user replaced generic text-to-speech voices with locally generated clones of family members using Qwen3-TTS, an open-source model requiring minimal audio to create realistic voices.

As voice AI becomes more embedded in everyday products, a new category of technology is quietly replacing traditional speech systems. Known as conversational speech recognition (CSR), this approach is ...

Ultra-personalized artificial intelligence for assisted communication risks muting aspects of the user's identity and ...

Home Assistant has introduced the ability to run fully local AI voice control using models like Llama 3 via Ollama, enabling offline command processing for smart homes. This approach keeps all voice ...