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No More Mumbo Jumbo: Meet the OVOS Transcription Validator Plugin
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No More Mumbo Jumbo: Meet the OVOS Transcription Validator Plugin

Ever had your beloved OpenVoiceOS assistant respond with a blank stare, or worse, utter something completely nonsensical, after you *thought* you said something perfectly clear? We've all been there.

JarbasAl
JarbasAlJuly 22, 2025
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By JarbasAl

Making Synthetic Voices From Scratch

Creating a voice for a text-to-speech system usually requires a real person to spend hours recording audio. That’s expensive, time-consuming, and in many languages or accents, the voices just don’t exist at all

By Peter Steenbergen

OVOS and Mycroft: A Fork That Wasn't Meant to Be

How OpenVoiceOS emerged not as a rebellious fork but as a necessary continuation of the Mycroft project, driven by the core community to create a truly open voice assistant.

By Peter Steenbergen

When Your Voice Assistant Becomes a Persona: The Power—and Peril—of LLMs in OpenVoiceOS

The latest evolution of OpenVoiceOS integrates LLMs through the Persona Pipeline, creating more human-like interactions - but not without psychological risks.

By Strongthany

OpenVoiceOS now available on containers

Learn how OpenVoiceOS is now available as containerized services for easier installation and management.

By Strongthany

Campaign Update: New Goals

We are excited to announce our goal of €4,000 has been achieved! We are thrilled to have reached our goal, as it will help enable us to become a fully realized non-profit.

By Peter Steenbergen

Giving Voice to the Future: Support OpenVoiceOS in Establishing a Nonprofit Association

Learn how you can support OpenVoiceOS in establishing a nonprofit association to ensure the future of their open-source voice assistant projects.

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