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### Kalliope ### Kalliope
[Kalliope](https://github.com/kalliope-project/kalliope) is a free software (MIT-licensed) project to provide an always-on voice assistance. It is written in Python and features a very modular structure and extremely flexible configuration options. Unlike commercial options, though, you can inspect the code and confirm that it indeed does not report everything you say to some Internet service. Using the Snowboy library to provide a trigger word, you can then customize its behaviour based on the phrase recieved from your choice of speech-to-text provider (Google, Amazon, etc.) [Kalliope](https://github.com/kalliope-project/kalliope) is a free software (MIT-licensed) project to provide an always-on voice assistant. It is written in Python and features a very modular structure and extremely flexible configuration options. Unlike commercial options, though, you can inspect the code and confirm that it indeed does not report everything you say to some Internet service. Using the Snowboy library to provide and wake to a trigger word, you can then customize its behaviour based on the phrase recieved from your choice of speech-to-text provider (Google, Amazon, etc.). And since Snowboy is a local service, it is only sending data to the cloud once it's awoken by the trigger word.
I start with the [official Kalliope image](https://github.com/kalliope-project/kalliope/blob/master/Docs/installation/raspbian.md). The reason for this is twofold: first, the image provides a conveniently-configured system without having to manually `pip install` Kalliope, which even on a Raspberry Pi 3 takes upwards of an hour. Second, and most importantly, Snowboy appears to be broken with the latest Raspbian releases; it is impossible to properly compile it, and hence the `pip install` can fail in obscure ways, usually after you've already been compiling it for an hour. Using their pre-built image, and then upgrading it to the latest Raspbian, bypasses both problems and let's you get right to work. I start with the [official Kalliope image](https://github.com/kalliope-project/kalliope/blob/master/Docs/installation/raspbian.md). The reason for this is twofold: first, the image provides a conveniently-configured system without having to manually `pip install` Kalliope, which even on a Raspberry Pi 3 takes upwards of an hour. Second, and most importantly, Snowboy appears to be broken with the latest Raspbian releases; it is impossible to properly compile it, and hence the `pip install` can fail in obscure ways, usually after you've already been compiling it for an hour. Using their pre-built image, and then upgrading it to the latest Raspbian, bypasses both problems and let's you get right to work.