DietPi-Software | OpenVoiceOS

[JarbasAl]

Creating a software request

Formal software information

• Software title | OpenVoiceOS
• Short description | The continuation of the mycroft project by community members after it's collapse
• Official URL (if available) | https://openvoiceos.com/
• GitHub URL (if available) | https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core
• (Official) install documentation | https://openvoiceos.github.io/ovos-technical-manual/

Are there similar/alternative software titles available with DietPi-Software?

the deprecated mycroft code base is included

What makes your requested software better than the above solutions, if available?

a whole ecosystem of maintained software with a thriving community

How can DietPi make the installation easier or compatible, than following the install instructions or do APT installation, if available?

each service is just a regular python package, pip install + create a systemd service file for automatic launch on boot

each skill is also a regular python package

some services have alternative implementations, offering users the choice to select those instead of using default reference implementations is an option

Can you provide the installation steps that you would suggest DietPi-Software to do?

everything is on pypi, pip install ovos-core[mycroft] --pre should install all dependencies for the equivalent of a mycroft experience (minus skills)

our automations publish the dev branch to pypi as an alpha version, --pre flag above is equivalent to installing from git

Are you willing to help maintaining the software installation, e.g. in case of needed setup changes due to updates etc.?

I am the lead developer of OpenVoiceOS and am happy to provide any guidance needed and fix issues OVOS side

[MichaIng]

Many thanks for your request, offer for guidance and the info about Mycroft AI. Sad to hear that its development has been discontinued.

I heard about OVOS but thought it would be more like a wrapping OS with additional features around the Mycroft AI core, not suitable for a multi-purpose OS like DietPi. However, I see now that OVOS is modular as well. Great that it continues the open source voice assistant development as a fork!

As it does not use home.mycroft.ai, is TTS is all done offline then? While I generally like that, at least I guess it requires more hardware resources and hence cannot be run too weak SBCs which were still able to run Mycroft AI with online TTS? I should probably just read the docs 🙂.

[JarbasAl]

all components can be run offline or self hosted, the self hosted plugins (for STT/TTS) often include a default list of public servers. We also have a couple projects to automatically turn any plugin into a self hosted rest api

you are right that OVOS started as companion software and a reference OS, but over time we had no choice but fork basically every mycroft repo. the buildroot image where this all started still exists and aims to be a full reference OS with all OVOS components pre installed

being modular is a big part of ovos as we consider every component essentially optional or usable standalone/as a lib for other projects. for example in a server you probably only want skills service, dont need any of the rest

[ChanceNCounter]

The confusion is understandable. OVOS’ flagship product was our namesake OS, which is a mildly opinionated smart speaker. However, that’s because we deferred to the parent project, and other projects using our fork were still presenting themselves as Mycroft-based.

Now that MycroftAI is dead, and we’re incorporating a nonprofit, we’re also comfortable asserting ourselves as “what’s left of Mycroft,” if you will. Things are a bit messy while we transform ourselves into a full shop, as opposed to the downstream-focused operation we had been, but we’re gathering the former Mycroft community folks as we can.

Please feel free to hit our Matrix channels. I know the last thing most people need is another chat room, but most people have a lot of questions, and our GitHub inboxes look like the mailroom at the Empire State Building.