Use Android as a Wyoming Satellite rather than constantly streaming audio

[pantherale0]

Just an idea that I noticed wasn't listed on the wiki, rather than constantly streaming audio to Home Assistant (and using up network bandwidth / increasing WiFi load which might cause issues if you have lots of devices connected), instead you can run a Wyoming Satellite using the scripts available here https://github.com/T-vK/wyoming-satellite-termux

Some of my Android based hardware "falls" apart when setting up as a digital assistant using the methods on the wiki due to the constant need to stream to Home Assistant.

Currently installing now, but will report back with performance.

[dinki]

Hey @pantherale0 ! Thanks for tip. I have seen this and it does look pretty cool. My goal for View Assist is to have it as a framework where you can mix and match whatever devices you have and get a good experience. I am also documenting how to do this and try to keep things more on the simpler end. This is mainly to reduce the barrier to entry as well as the request for support.

We have a developer who has a new app in beta, HassMic, which makes things a lot easier as it provides both the microphone and speaker output. The app is almost ready for 1.0 and at that point I will make it the suggested app for View Assist for folks following my lead for deploying these satellites. This app is much faster in terms of performance and resources needed. The dev does intend to look at wake word on device but as it stands now it is super fast.

I would gladly accept a write up for your install if you'd like to contribute. Come hang out with us on Discord and we can chat about this and other things. Thanks again

[pantherale0]

Yeah, I've got a few random devices spotted around so I've taken some inspiration from this for a couple of other things. Love all the work you've been doing with this!

I've got this installed now, some teething issues so I suspect some adjustments will need to be made but I'll keep playing, but here is openwakeword + wyoming running:

[psgcooldog]

This looks WONDERFUL! As soon as you feel it's ready, please give us a writeup on installation. I'll have too many of the Lenovo devices scattered around the house to be comfortable with all the constant streaming, so this is a far better solution for me.

[dinki]

@psgcooldog If you are eager you can check out the link in the OP. There's a post on HA forum about it that I saw a while back:

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-to-run-wyoming-satellite-and-openwakeword-on-android/777571

Definitely interested in feedback on ease of use and performance.

[pantherale0]

I need to tinker more with this had issues getting it running properly using the scripts provided (openwakeword wasn't "starting" as it was "already running" and sometimes the Wyoming satellite itself never started) so adjusted a few things to use different services rather than the single boot script (at least you can use commands like sv up and sv down to stop and start different components)

As it's late where I am I haven't been able to test performance properly yet, but initially it seems to pickup voice pretty quickly and start streaming to HA.

Going to try this on a small Lenovo Smart Clock too because why not hahaha..

[pantherale0]

Basic controls work really well. Like muting for example from HA pauses the whole satellite itself on the device rather than just "not listening" to the audio feed (like stream does) and adjusting gain / sensitivity is pretty much instant, plus you can apply some noise filters which seems to work.