I have had a voice PE for a couple of months now, and I'm completely satisfied by it. I'm planning on getting 1 or 2 more.
Is there going to be a no non-preview edition hardware, or just software improvements?
#Should I buy a second Voice PE, or wait for a "Final Edition"
elder plinth
coral rose
There is no "Final Edition" planned for now.
The "Preview Edition" indicates that it is work-in-progress (kind of experimental) and not ready for general consumer use (like the Echo, Nest or HomePod devices).
It is not meant that it is a prototype and the "full release" would be imminent.
sweet nimbus
You may also try something like FutureProofHomes Satellite1, or Respeaker Lite or Koala satellite to see which works better for you.
elder plinth
I've built two satellites, with the Respeaker Zero, but the microphones were lacking.
PE is miles ahead in this.
So, if this is the final product hardware-wise, I'm going to get two more.
waxen yoke
I got 2, and I love them. Granted I did have to ensure they were hooked up to a gpu-enabled whisper and local LLM using a 1080ti. The local option without GPU acceleration was not great. I imagine if you subscribe to HA cloud then it will be a similar or better experience. So:
- Expose a GPU system to HA (It can be a different server running on the network) or
- Use HA cloud
If you can do one of those, then I highly recommend it.
dusk juniper
I got 2, and I love them. Granted I did have to ensure they were hooked up to a ...
Or use Google Cloud or OpenAI's cloud Whisper :)