• impudentmortal@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    How disheartening. I knew going in that there would be privacy issues but I figured for the service it was fine. I also figure my phone is always listening anyway.

    As someone with limited mobility, my echo has been really nice to control my smart devices like lights and TV with just my voice.

    Are there good alternatives or should I just accept things as they are?

    • Hexarei@programming.dev
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      3 hours ago

      There aren’t any immediate drop in replacements that won’t require some work, but there is Home Assistant Voice - It just requires that you also have a Home Assistant server setup, which is the more labor intensive part. It’s not hard, just a lot to learn.