I have a Dell AIO (All In One) that I have installed Kubuntu on and running Chrome in Kiosk Mode to present HA. This works great, specially with the touch screen and using motion to watch for movement on the camera and wake the screen.
So now, this guy also has a mic and stereo speakers, so I wonder, instead of building an ESP32 based Voice Assistant (VA) can I use something running on the AIO to connect to HA as a VA and also use the AIO as a smart speaker/media player for iHeart Radio or such.
Anyone have thoughts on part or all of my crazy thoughts? I do plan on building some ESP32/ESP8266 based smart speakers for other rooms, but figured since I already have this AIO hanging on my wall in the living room could I just use that?
Check the packages installed on a RPi Zero to allow it to act as a voice satellite?
Both Raspian and *buntu are Debian derivatives, so although different architectures, and likely different packaging choices, the code is probably portable(ish). I’ve not checked, but as HASS is a bundle of Python, the voice satellite code could be as well.
This may be exactly what I needed. Gonna have to work on it and check back.