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I ditched cloud voice assistants for a local LLM and my smart home finally feels private

Smart speakers are spies but local LLMs solve the problem without sacrificing convenience.
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I built a private voice assistant for my smart home using Home Assistant and a local LLM

While I enjoy tinkering with Home Assistant to make my smart devices work, I ensure all of them are manageable locally. While axing most cloud-dependent services, the only thing I miss is voice ...