This text provides a detailed account of creating a locally running voice assistant system, comprising a wake-word detection service, a voice assistant service, and a chat service. It also discusses the components and their interaction, as well as provides an example interaction with the voice assistant. The author highlights the surprising quality of the speech-to-text conversion and encourages others to try the project for various uses.
Build a Locally Running Voice Assistant
I was initially skeptical about Large Language Models (LLM) generating code snippets, but I was pleasantly surprised by the results. When my employer prohibited using online chatbot services, I built a locally running LLM service using open-source tools like HuggingFace and chainlit project. I also integrated voice interaction to enhance the user experience. This project will take you through the steps to build an assistant that allows vocal interaction with an open-source LLM, all running locally on your computer.
Architecture
The architecture involves three separate components: Wake-word detection service, Voice assistant service, and Chat service.
Chat Service
The chat service runs the open-source LLM called HuggingFace/zephyr-7b-alpha. It receives a prompt through a POST call, passes it through the LLM, and returns the output as the response.
Voice Assistant Service
The voice assistant service handles speech-to-text and text-to-speech conversions using locally running models. It allows for natural voice interaction and provides a seamless experience.
Wake-word Service
The wake-word detection service continually listens to the user’s microphone and triggers the voice assistant service when the wake-word is detected.
Example of an interaction with the assistant
Users can interact with the voice assistant using vocal commands, receiving spoken responses to their queries.
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