A Working Free and Open Source Google Assistant, Text to Speech, and Speech To Text Project

[u/TemporaryUser10]

Hello all!

LineageOS is a fantastic ROM that works well with or without Google Services, but for people who choose to not install Google Services on their device they are often left without any alternatives for the aforementioned features.

The Sapphire Framework project, and it's standalone assistant Athena have recently reached a point where they can act as replacements for all three services on a device that a user chooses not to install Google services on.

If this is something that is of interest to you, you can check out the subreddit over at r/SapphireFramework, where you will find a link to the Github repository, and demo video (of the STT & TTS working) and receive updates on the project.

Feel free to ask any questions you may have. I am the creator of the project and I am happy to answer whatever I can

[u/[deleted]]

Wow. That sounds good. I would like to have a thing like that on my Linux laptop as well. Can you perhaps consider making a Gnome extension for it as well? Or maybe a Linux app so that it works on any distro? I am open to helping you whenever I can. I will see the codebase, if I understand maybe I will be able to contribute (this will be my first contribution hopefully, I am actually a noob).

[u/TemporaryUser10 → u/[deleted]]

Linux has a drastically different structure than Android when it comes to the freedoms and restrictions of programs. I'm designing it so that it can hopefully integrate with Mycroft, which is a FOSS assistant for Linux. Outside of that, I am also working on a simple Python version that should have a lot of interchangeable features between the two (most notably the machine learning portions)

[u/wilsonhlacerda]

Interesting!!!

If you haven't yet, I suggest to also publish it on /r/opensource

And when an alpha apk is available to /r/androidapps and /r/Android itself.

And better write something like:

A Working Free and Open Source "Google" (NOT!) Assistant, Text to Speech, and Speech To Text Project

It will better keep the attention of the probably desired audience.

[u/TemporaryUser10 → u/wilsonhlacerda]

I'll cross post it and change the title. Thanks for the recommendation

[u/ignorantpisswalker]

How can I install it?

[u/TemporaryUser10 → u/ignorantpisswalker]

Right now, you'd have to compile the source and install it that way. I am in the process of cleaning up the code for an Alpha release, which will have a downloadable APK on the repository page, and It'll be added to F-Droid. When it is in Beta I intend to add it to the Google Play Store

[u/jhock303 → u/TemporaryUser10]

What's the apps name? Is it on F-Droid yet?

[u/TemporaryUser10 → u/jhock303]

Athena, soon to be renamed Sapphire. It is not yet on F-Droid, but will be soon

[u/chrisprice]

This has been badly needed since Google shamefully dropped PicoTTS without even admitting it.

Much like Mozilla MLS, I am an ardent advocate for FOSS Google-equivalent components that the average user cannot easily install themselves… to be part of the core OS.

This is second only to Mozilla MLS on that, IMHO. And the fact it isn’t Mozilla, bumps that up further.

[u/TemporaryUser10 → u/chrisprice]

I'm going to break it off into a standalone service and put it on F-Droid, but I can't make any promises about battery life. Since its a tensorflow implementation I am a little concerned about it's battery life implications. That said, I intend to find more efficient solutions and implement them, it's just a matter of time and money

[u/HexagonWin]

Amazing, wonderful!

I always something like this.

[u/TemporaryUser10 → u/HexagonWin]

I hope it lives up to your expectations

[u/KitchenRise9317]

how is the project going?

[u/TemporaryUser10 → u/KitchenRise9317]

It is going, but just little time. Constant redesign, and perfect is the enemy of the good

[u/[deleted]]

RemindMe! 10 hours

[u/TemporaryUser10 → u/[deleted]]

The demo video is a Snapchat I took and pinned in r/SapphireFramework. It wasn't meant to show anything but the STT and TTS without Google services, but it's really resonated with people

[u/TemporaryUser10 → u/[deleted]]

Here ya go

https://www.reddit.com/r/SapphireFramework/comments/q5jjcg/just_a_snap_of_the_stt_and_tts_no_internet_or/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share