DIY Voice Assistant Puzzle Solved with $50 Willow Hardware
Willow is a new project that aims to fill the gap in the market for Home Assistant-ready voice gear by utilizing ESP-32-BOX devices, which provide a basic hardware shell around ESP32 SoCs. Once flashed with Willow, they can work as locally controlled voice assistants and, eventually, great and easy access points for Home Assistant. The project is cheap, easily flashed, self-hosted or entirely on-device, open source, and extensible by software or GPIO pins. The voice detection is accurate and reliable, and the hardware is ready for the kitchen counter.