Tater – Tater v78
🥔 Tater v78 — “Tater Can Read the Room Now” 👀🎙️
The local-native AI powerhouse just got a massive brain and sensory upgrade! Tater is moving beyond being a standalone assistant into a fully distributed, sensing environment that can coordinate across your entire network.
What’s cooking in v78:
- 🎙️ Multi-Satellite Voice & Remote Playback: Say goodbye to isolated devices. You can now talk into a satellite in the kitchen and have Tater’s response play through a Sonos speaker or another satellite elsewhere in the house. It’s seamless, cross-device audio coordination!
- 😐 Emotion ID: Using SpeechBrain, Tater can now detect emotional tones, mood, and vocal energy. These “emotional hints” are fed directly into prompts, allowing Tater to adapt its personality to match your vibe. 🎭
- 🖥️ S3Box Display Platform: New support for the ESP32-S3-BOX-3! Using LVGL UI, these tiny terminals can now show voice animations, sensor bubbles, and camera snapshots via a brand-new Display API.
- 🧠 Revamped Dashboard & Awareness: The dashboard has a fresh Tater-orange glow-up. You can now monitor system health, scheduled briefs, and real-time camera snapshots in one centralized hub. 📊
- ⚡ Infrastructure & Firmware Upgrades:
- Easier Flashing: A new Firmware Manager makes browser/USB flashing much smoother (less “bricked” anxiety!).
- Hugging Face Integration: Manage HF tokens and access gated/private models directly within the app.
- Environment Core: Better support for Ecobee and Ecowitt sensors for smarter, temperature-aware automation.
🛠️ Coming Soon: The groundwork is officially laid for custom wake words! We’re moving toward a future where you can train and select your own unique triggers directly within the firmware tools. 🚀