How to adopt a device into ESPHome - the addition to the $13 voice assistant guide (M5Stack ATOM Echo)

Same here. it works but sometimes, but mostly not. So much so that I’ve stopped calling nabu, only to have it react to voices on my tv from time to time.

With all the noise about “Year of the Voice” and my desire to start moving away from Google Assistants, I decided to order three Echo Atoms. It has been a challenge to say the least.
I am relatively well versed with ESPHome as I have been using ESP32s for over a year for BT Proxy and room presence. For this this application ESPHome works flawlessly.

For Voice detection and actions, very different story. Very buggy. I have tried several configurations. From barebones to all sorts of led light settings, binary sensors, switches, delay settings, etc. It simply sucks. Works OK for a while, until it doesn’t at all. I am very frustrated with the whole voice thing.

If anyone has a simple config that works, please share!