If you like the idea of voice assistants but it's gotta be open source you've probably heard about MyCroft AI and their Mark II device. Neon is an alternate OS build based on OpenVoiceOS.

I made this video showing some of NeonOS and my experience getting it to do a couple things on the Mark II.

https://video.davidsterry.com/w/ndkJkqh1CENYkT3cuABthM

#neonos #mycroft #openvoiceos

A new release of the #Mycroft software is now available. If you own a Mark 2 and you haven't moved to #OVOS or #NeonOS, you should probably update sooner rather than later.

* Add STT fallback to communicate directly with a free demo Google STT service.

* Add config switch that allows Mycroft to start up without valid pairing information.

* Add direct call to Weather API as fallback mechanism.

They're removing dependence on their backend, which is good. No idea how much longer it'll be there.