old kettle
I am following this guide linked below and i am stuck on entering information for my home assistant. Do you guys know where i can find the information this config file needs? I am creating a skill for HA so i can talk to alexa and it turns on and off my lights, ect
https://github.com/fabianosan/HomeAssistantAssist/blob/main/doc/en/INSTALLATION.md
Update: i think i provided the correc tthings but i am having trouble finding the skill on my phone after publishing
rancid sable
Is there a reason you don't just use the built in alexa support in HA? 🤔
old kettle
Is there a reason you don't just use the built in alexa support in HA? 🤔
Is it free?
I saw something about a trial
rancid sable
Pretty sure it doesn't cost anything in and of itself
old kettle
oh wow, i would love to use that then
rancid sable
You can use the nabu cloud subscription to make it simpler, but pretty sure people have done it without the cloud service, just requires more work
old kettle
Is there a reason you don't just use the built in alexa support in HA? 🤔
How should i go with starting this
rancid sable
Not really sure, i use in house voice assist instead of Google or Alexa 😅
May be some info on the forums?
old kettle
Not really sure, i use in house voice assist instead of Google or Alexa 😅
ive heard of that but what is it?
rancid sable
The ha instructions seem to assume you have the nabu cloud service
rancid sable
ive heard of that but what is it?
Voice control handled directly by HA, via custom voice satellite hardware such as the Voice PE, respeaker lite kit, or Satellite1 from futureproofhomes.net, to name a few
old kettle
The ha instructions seem to assume you have the nabu cloud service
Yea and i think you need to pay for that
rancid sable
Yep
old kettle
is there any free options?
rancid sable
Not sure there really would be. Tho connect to the alexa platform i think you'd need a registered domain name and records? Not really sure though
old kettle
oof that soudns complicated for someone who just started ussing HA today
rancid sable
In the page you linked it's asking for external url if your home Assistant instance
So you'd either need the cloud service which makes one for you, or you'd probably need to set some external dns name up and generate certificates through letsencrypt or something like that
old kettle
So with your way of doing it, it uses assist which is payed?
rancid sable
I have my own servers and hardware 😅
rancid sable
So if you had nabu cloud, as part of the subscripton they provide cloud stt and tts servers for assist
And you could also connect alexa if you wanted
They do that automatically for you i think, or with some simple steps
