Here is the video: https://youtu.be/3fg7Ht0DSnE?si=gyqIdakpKI0Qf1Fy

What the junk is this?

• This is the 3rd video in my Home Assistant series. This video picks up where I left off (and where I failed) in my last video attempting to replace Alexa with my own, fully local, AI voice assistant.
• I did everything but create a custom AI voice, specifically the voice of Terry Crews.
• In this video, I FINALLY figured out a consistent way to clone a voice from pretty much any source. But it has to be LOCAL and FREE.

You can clone my voice

• I am giving you permission to clone my voice…but not for commercial purposes or for content creation. You are only allowed to use my voice as your personal voice assistant.
• If you would like to clone my voice, here is the voice dataset: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1i6mWm8z2K_3rtanrVn1UcNgw5LQ0Zyv6?usp=sharing

What Do You Need?

…just a computer. But if you have a GPU….better.

Obsidian - Why I love it

• Obsidian is the BEST notes application in the world. Go download it: https://obsidian.md/

The Setup

• Create a new folder labeled posts. This is where you will add your blog posts
• ….that’s all you have to do
• Actually…wait….find out where your Obsidian directories are. Right click your posts folder and choose show in system explorer
• You’ll need this directory in upcoming steps.

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Setting up Hugo

Install Hugo

Prerequisites

• Install Git: https://github.com/git-guides/install-git
• Install Go: https://go.dev/dl/

Install Hugo

Link: https://gohugo.io/installation/