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OPEN VOICE OS

OpenVoiceOS is a community-driven, open-source voice AI platform for creating
custom voice-controlled interfaces across devices with NLP, a customizable UI,
and a focus on privacy and security.




ABOUT OPEN VOICE OS

Meet OpenVoiceOS, a newcomer in the smart speaker scene, offering a different
choice from the usual options like Amazon Echo and Google Home. With
OpenVoiceOS, you have control over your data and can customize your smart
speaker experience. It's designed to respond accurately to your commands,
whether you speak or touch the screen. OpenVoiceOS is open-source, meaning
anyone can help improve it, and it can run offline for added privacy. If you're
looking for a smart speaker that puts you in control, OpenVoiceOS might be the
one for you.


WHY OPEN VOICE OS?

COMMUNITY DRIVEN

Powered by developers around the globe from various Linux and Foss communities,
an open platform for developers interested in making cutting-edge voice
assistance technology available to everyone.

MULTI-PLATFORM

Embedded headless device or single board computers with screens to build a
do-it-yourself smart speaker, Open Voice OS is the open community playground for
all platforms to come and experiment at.

EXPERIMENTAL AT CORE

Have an experimental feature you want users to experience before landing them
into any of the Linux-based open-source voice assistant projects upstream? Open
Voice OS is the platform.

DIY

Open Voice OS being a community platform is open to all developers and
contributors wanting to support a specific device or a platform.


GETTING STARTED

Installing OVOS couldn't be simpler! Just give our installer a try, and you're
all set. We offer two main ways to install OVOS - Docker and Python.

Python Virtual Environment
If you are a developer, and would like to fiddle with the code, this is the way
to go.
Docker
If you want a super stable and easy way to run OVOS, Docker is the way to go.


To get started simple copy paste the following command in your terminal

$sh -c "curl -s
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-installer/main/installer.sh
-o installer.sh && chmod +x installer.sh && sudo ./installer.sh && rm
installer.sh"Copy to clipboard


OWN A RASPBERRY PI OR MYCROFT® DEVICE?

Our Prebuild Image is a stripped-down Linux OS designed to host the open-source
voice assistant Open Voice OS, catering specifically to embedded systems,
low-spec headless devices, and small touch-friendly screens.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: How did Open Voice OS started?

Open Voice OS started as MycroftOS. Over time, more Mycroft community members
joined the project, and it was renamed to OpenVoiceOS to avoid trademark issues.
Initially, Open Voice OS focused on bundling Mycroft-core and creating companion
software, but due to contributions not being accepted upstream, we now maintain
an enhanced reference fork of Mycroft-core with extra functionality while
keeping all companion software Mycroft-core (dev branch) compatible. You can
think of Open Voice OS as the unsanctioned "Mycroft Community Edition".

Q: What is the relationship between Open Voice OS and Mycroft?

Both projects are fully independent. Initially, Open Voice OS focused on
wrapping Mycroft-core with a minimal OS, but as both projects matured, Open
Voice OS-core was created to include extra functionality and make Open Voice OS
development faster and more efficient. Open Voice OS has been committed to
keeping our components compatible with Mycroft, and many of our changes are
submitted to Mycroft to include in their projects at their discretion.

Q: Does Open Voice OS work offline?

By default, ovos-core does not require a backend internet server to operate.
Some skills can be accessed (via command line) entirely offline. The default
speech-to-text (STT) engine currently requires an internet connection, though
some self-hosted, offline options are available. Individual skills and plugins
may require internet, and most of the time you will want to use those.

Q: How can I contribute to Open Voice OS?

Open Voice OS is a community project and we welcome contributions of all kinds.
You can contribute by testing, reporting bugs, writing documentation, creating
skills, or even contributing code. We have a dedicated section in our
documentation that explains how to get started with contributing to Open Voice
OS.

Got a question that isn't answered here? Check out our Full FAQ


HAVE A QUESTION OR NEED HELP?

Feel free to reach out to us. Whether you have a question or want to contribute
to the project, we would love to hear from you.

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