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    Advise for a voice assistant

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    • B Offline
      bibi
      last edited by

      Hello all!
      Have been looking around for a suitable voice command for my MM since a while but couldn’t get to pick up one that does/accept some pre-req. as:

      a bit of privacy as wake up hotword &
      interaction with MM &
      one that works well, is reliable and not a pain to install :)

      I have gone trough kalliope, open jarvis, thinking about Mk2assistant bur not tried yet…

      any sharing/experience would be much appreciated!

      by the way what do you guys use?

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      • ejay-ibmE Offline
        ejay-ibm Project Sponsor Module Developer @bibi
        last edited by

        @bibi Hi,
        I would definitely recommend Mk2assistant + Hotword module.
        Ejay

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        • T Offline
          THeStigh @ejay-ibm
          last edited by

          @ejay-ibm Yeah, works perfect if you keep to the ‘correct’ hardware and OS like Pi or ATB.

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          • ejay-ibmE Offline
            ejay-ibm Project Sponsor Module Developer @THeStigh
            last edited by

            @THeStigh Indeed, using it on a Rasp 3 b+ fully up to date.

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            • thedoorsfanaticT Offline
              thedoorsfanatic @ejay-ibm
              last edited by

              @ejay-ibm
              I was able to run MK2assistant but never managed to install Hotword.
              Is there a tutorial out there which shows me how to do it, absolute beginner style?

              My Smart Mirror YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Iv_4Mvy6o2tnvdhNBstVWNefgUP9ELp

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              • ejay-ibmE Offline
                ejay-ibm Project Sponsor Module Developer @thedoorsfanatic
                last edited by

                @thedoorsfanatic
                I think the Readme here : https://github.com/eouia/MMM-Hotword/
                is pretty clear, that is what I followed and I have it working directly.
                check out the Tip section to include hotword in the mk2 assistant and you should be good.
                If you run into issue you can share your config file and I can have a look .

                Ejay

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                • thedoorsfanaticT Offline
                  thedoorsfanatic @ejay-ibm
                  last edited by

                  @ejay-ibm
                  all right, thanks, I will try it again but usually it failed when trying to install snowboy

                  My Smart Mirror YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Iv_4Mvy6o2tnvdhNBstVWNefgUP9ELp

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                  • ? Offline
                    A Former User @thedoorsfanatic
                    last edited by

                    @thedoorsfanatic
                    Give me a telegram When you are stuck on. Telegram:@eouia

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                      THeStigh @thedoorsfanatic
                      last edited by

                      @thedoorsfanatic

                      What hardware and OS are you using ?

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                      • thedoorsfanaticT Offline
                        thedoorsfanatic @THeStigh
                        last edited by

                        @THeStigh
                        I am using a Raspi 3 B+ and latest release of Stretch and MagicMirror.
                        I am a newbie and though I tried all the troubleshooting tipps described I wasn’t able to install Hotword and snowboy.

                        My Smart Mirror YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Iv_4Mvy6o2tnvdhNBstVWNefgUP9ELp

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                          THeStigh @thedoorsfanatic
                          last edited by

                          @thedoorsfanatic Snowboy can be tricky, but @sean has made some good troubleshooting guides on the page for MMM-Hotword. But you can delete the MMM-Hotword folder and try to re-install it following these instructions to do it quite manually. If it fails, you at least will get a clear picture of where it actually failed:

                          cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/
                          sudo apt-get install libmagic-dev libatlas-base-dev sox libsox-fmt-all
                          git clone https://github.com/eouia/MMM-Hotword.git
                          cd MMM-Hotword
                          npm install
                          
                          cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy
                          npm install --save-dev electron-rebuild
                          npm install nan
                          ./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild
                          
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                          • thedoorsfanaticT Offline
                            thedoorsfanatic
                            last edited by

                            This is the error code:

                            snowboy@1.3.1 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy
                            node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

                            node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(403): https://snowboy-release-node.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/snowboy/v1.3.1/Release/snowboy-v1.3.1-node-v64-linux-arm.tar.gz
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for snowboy@1.3.1 and node@10.15.2 (node-v64 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(undefined): https://snowboy-release-node.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/snowboy/v1.3.1/Release/snowboy-v1.3.1-node-v64-linux-arm.tar.gz
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for snowboy@1.3.1 and node@10.15.2 (node-v64 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
                            internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
                            throw err;
                            ^

                            Error: Cannot find module ‘nan’
                            at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
                            at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
                            at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
                            at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)
                            at [eval]:1:1
                            at Script.runInThisContext (vm.js:96:20)
                            at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:303:38)
                            at Object. ([eval]-wrapper:6:22)
                            at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
                            at evalScript (internal/bootstrap/node.js:587:27)
                            gyp: Call to ‘node -e “require(‘nan’)”’ returned exit status 1 while in binding.gyp. while trying to load binding.gyp
                            internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
                            throw err;
                            ^

                            Error: Cannot find module ‘nan’
                            at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
                            at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
                            at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
                            at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)
                            at [eval]:1:1
                            at Script.runInThisContext (vm.js:96:20)
                            at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:303:38)
                            at Object. ([eval]-wrapper:6:22)
                            at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
                            at evalScript (internal/bootstrap/node.js:587:27)
                            gyp: Call to ‘node -e “require(‘nan’)”’ returned exit status 1 while in binding.gyp. while trying to load binding.gyp
                            gyp ERR! configure error
                            gypgyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1
                            gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:345:16)
                            ERR!gyp ERR!configure error
                            stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13)
                            gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:248:12)
                            gyp ERR! System Linux 4.14.98-v7+
                            gyp ERR!gyp stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1
                            ERR!gyp commandERR! “/usr/bin/node” “/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js” “configure” “–fallback-to-build” “–module=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/binding/Release/node-v64-linux-arm/snowboy.node” “–module_name=snowboy” “–module_path=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/binding/Release/node-v64-linux-arm”
                            stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:345:16)
                            gyp gypERR! ERR!stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13)
                            cwdgyp /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy
                            ERR! gypstack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:248:12)
                            ERR! node -v v10.15.2
                            gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
                            gyp ERR! not ok
                            gyp ERR! System Linux 4.14.98-v7+
                            gyp ERR! command “/usr/bin/node” “/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js” “configure” “–fallback-to-build” “–module=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/binding/Release/node-v64-linux-arm/snowboy.node” “–module_name=snowboy” “–module_path=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/binding/Release/node-v64-linux-arm”
                            gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy
                            gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.2
                            gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
                            gyp ERR! not ok
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute ‘/usr/bin/node /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/binding/Release/node-v64-linux-arm/snowboy.node --module_name=snowboy --module_path=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/binding/Release/node-v64-linux-arm’ (1)
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13)
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:970:16)
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.14.98-v7+
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! command “/usr/bin/node” “/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp” “install” “–fallback-to-build”
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.2
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.39
                            node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
                            Failed to execute ‘/usr/bin/node /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/binding/Release/node-v64-linux-arm/snowboy.node --module_name=snowboy --module_path=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/binding/Release/node-v64-linux-arm’ (1)
                            npm WARN MMM-Hotword@1.1.0 No repository field.

                            npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
                            npm ERR! errno 1
                            npm ERR! snowboy@1.3.1 install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
                            npm ERR! Exit status 1
                            npm ERR!
                            npm ERR! Failed at the snowboy@1.3.1 install script.
                            npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

                            My Smart Mirror YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Iv_4Mvy6o2tnvdhNBstVWNefgUP9ELp

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                            • B Offline
                              bibi
                              last edited by

                              @ejay-ibm, @THeStigh i have installed MMM-Hotword. I hope correctly? as i got only warning via npm like

                              npm WARN MMM-Hotword@1.1.0 No repository field.
                              pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword $ npm install --save snowboy
                              npm WARN deprecated cryptiles@2.0.5: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
                              npm WARN deprecated boom@2.10.1: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
                              npm WARN deprecated hoek@2.16.3: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
                              npm WARN MMM-Hotword@1.1.0 No repository field.
                              

                              I am not sure how i can test it tho?
                              Or there is nothing to expect with only MMM-hotword installed?
                              (sorry if my question is stupid :) )

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                              • S Do not disturb
                                sdetweil @bibi
                                last edited by

                                @bibi start mirror in dev mode

                                npm start dev
                                

                                Select the console tab in the developers window

                                You should see MMM-Hotword sending notifications of the words it recognizes

                                Sam

                                How to add modules

                                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                • ? Offline
                                  A Former User @bibi
                                  last edited by

                                  @bibi

                                  npm WARN MMM-Hotword@1.1.0 No repository field.
                                  pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hotword $ npm install --save snowboy
                                  npm WARN deprecated cryptiles@2.0.5: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
                                  npm WARN deprecated boom@2.10.1: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
                                  npm WARN deprecated hoek@2.16.3: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
                                  npm WARN MMM-Hotword@1.1.0 No repository field.

                                  You can ignore some WARN unless your program is working.

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                                  • B Offline
                                    bibi
                                    last edited by

                                    @ejay-ibm, i wanted to follow your good practice and update MM to latest (ok) and OS to stretch (ok) but now it pm2 won’t start MM automatically as it did in the past… would kindly help me to solve this issue before i can install mk2?
                                    thx alot for any help as well

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                                    • Mykle1M Offline
                                      Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @bibi
                                      last edited by

                                      @bibi

                                      https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Auto-Starting-MagicMirror

                                      Create a working config
                                      How to add modules

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                                        bibi
                                        last edited by

                                        @Mykle1, thx for your post. It appears that when i want to check npm version, the system issues :

                                        pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm -v
                                        -bash: npm: command not found
                                        

                                        Therefore something went wrong during the system upgrade to stretch.
                                        If i am not wrong npm comes along with nodejs which i have current version

                                        pi@raspberrypi:~ $ nodejs -v
                                        v8.11.1
                                        

                                        I think i would just install it again but i don’t know if I should do it from /home/pi or from inside /home/pi/MagicMirror ?

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                                        • Mykle1M Offline
                                          Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @bibi
                                          last edited by

                                          @bibi said in Advise for a voice assistant:

                                          I think i would just install it again but i don’t know if I should do it from /home/pi or from inside /home/pi/MagicMirror ?

                                          pi@raspberrypi:~ Here!

                                          Create a working config
                                          How to add modules

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                                            bibi
                                            last edited by

                                            finally what i did and what did work is :)

                                            sudo apt-get remove nodered -y
                                            sudo apt-get remove nodejs nodejs-legacy -y
                                            sudo apt-get remove npm -y
                                            sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo bash -
                                            sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
                                            node -v
                                            npm -v
                                            
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