OpenAssistant

Maintained by the OpenAssistant

Installation

• Arch Linux or Ubuntu Linux (Testing Soon on macOS)

mkdir -p ~/src && git clone https://github.com/maxcr/openassistant ~/src/

yaourt pocketsphinx

sudo pacman -S festival festival-english festival-us

echo "(Parameter.set 'Audio_Required_Format 'aiff)

(Parameter.set 'Audio_Method 'Audio_Command)

(Parameter.set 'Audio_Command \"paplay $FILE --client-name=Festival --stream-name=Speech\")" > ~/.festivalrc

cd ~/src/openassistant && bash ./assistant.sh

Useful Tools

• aplay - console audio player
• pamixer - portaudio volume control
• plaympeg - console mp3 player
• projectm - visualizations responsive to sound
• wmctrl - window manager control. opening, closing, resize, switch windows.
• xdotool - command line x automation tool
• xvkbd - virtual keyboard for x

Running OpenAssistant

• Install dependencies and tools.
• Download and unpack the latest openassistant-master.zip package.
• Edit assist.sh to configure desired variables, then save.
• Make assist.sh executable with: $chmod +x ./assist.sh
• Run ./assist.sh. Global variables will be set and assistant.py will launch.
• If ./etc/commands.json has changed and your machine is online, a new dictionary and language model will be created via the Sphinx Knowledge Base Tool.
• Say "Hello!" :) To mute, say "Be quiet" or "Silence". To unmute, say "Talk to me".
• To quit, say "Goodbye" or "Farewell."
• To change assistant commands and language, edit ./etc/commands.json. Exit and relaunch assist.sh.
• For help, you can receive support in the OpenAssistant Forum.

Next Steps

• Port OpenAssistant to multiple Linux distributions, beginning with Ubuntu
• Enable dynamic voice and instant name changes via spoken commands
• Configure syntax and actions via spoken commands
• Install internal language model translation
• Improve speech recognition and synthesis
• Long-term memory & machine learning
• Web scraping & information analysis
• Establish multiple default 'personalities' and plug-in functions
• Port OpenAssistant to all operating systems and devices
• Galactic Exploration!

Join Us!

Join our development working group at: http://www.openassistant.org