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By Menne Bos

A real use case with OVOS and Hivemind

A practical example of OVOS and Hivemind running locally on standard hardware, designed for home automation and basic AI assistant tasks — especially suited for supporting people with disabilities.

By JarbasAl

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.

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.

By Strongthany

Why OpenVoiceOS Uses Permissive Licenses

Explaining the license chosen for OVOS and what that entails for developers and users alike.

By Strongthany

A Brief History of Open Voice OS

Explore the history of Open Voice OS, from its roots in MycroftAI to becoming a leading open-source voice assistant system.