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Saturday, January 12, 2019

MyCroft as an Open Kickstarter Assistant

This has tough competition, especially since the ecosystem is the big thing.

Mycroft II Provides Voice-Assist With Data Privacy  By David Cardinal in ExtremeTech

Mycroft Mark II: the Open Answer to Amazon and Google?

 ... is built on a framework of open source efforts, and funded through a Kickstarter campaign.  ...

 .... Given all this, I read with great interest the announcement of Mycroft Mark II. Mycroft itself is a voice-controlled speaker with a small display, and provides a window into the larger Mycroft ecosystem. Mycroft is built on a framework of open source efforts, and funded through a Kickstarter campaign. It is a follow-on to the initial version. .... 

I got a chance to use one of the very first working prototype units at CES this week. It has a lot of rough edges, so I expect it will be a while before it ships, but it did pretty well even in the hostile CES Eureka Park showcase (which is really noisy and has terrible Wi-Fi).   .... '

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