If there's one thing people are clamoring for during the Year of Voice, it's the message of awakening. The ability to say something like /"OK Google,/" /"Hey Siri/" or /"Alexa/" to have your smart home automatically listen to your commands. Guess what: we did it. The wake word is now available in Home Assistant. In this video we demonstrate wake word detection on a Raspberry Pi 3 and ESP32 board.

You can learn more about how to turn a Raspberry Pi into a voice assistant here: https://github.com/synesthesiam/homeassistant-satellite.

Then find out how to create your own wake word in this tutorial: https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/create_wake_word/

You can learn more about our open source wake word technology in Chapter 4 of Year of the Voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzgYYkOrnhQ

And to learn more about the Year of Voice as a whole, visit: https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2022/12/20/year-of-voice/

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