Tater – Tater v70
🚀 Tater v70 — “Direct Line” is officially live! 🎤
Get ready, tinkerers! The latest update for Tater—your local-native AI assistant powered by the Hydra planning engine—is a massive leap forward for voice interaction and hardware integration. This release moves away from complex middleman pipelines, allowing Tater to communicate directly with your hardware for a much more seamless experience.
What’s new in this release:
- 🔌 Direct ESPHome Connection: You can now connect ESPHome voice devices straight to Tater. The best part? No Home Assistant is required! Just connect and start talking; Tater handles the heavy lifting without needing extra setup hoops or pipeline handoffs.
- 🔊 Flexible Speaker Routing: Tailor your soundscape by assigning specific speakers to different Tater assistants. This allows you to manage separate rooms with separate voices and outputs.
- 🗣️ A Fully Customizable Voice Stack: You have total control over how Tater listens and speaks. Mix and match your favorite tools:
Listening: Choose between the high-accuracy Faster-Whisper or the lightweight/responsive Vosk*.
Detection: Use Silero VAD* for cleaner audio detection.
Talking: Pick from Piper (reliable), Kokoro (smooth and natural), or Pocket TTS* (lightweight).
External Integration: Plug into the Wyoming* ecosystem to run local or remote setups.
- 💬 Natural, Flowing Conversations: Moving beyond simple “command and response,” Tater can now ask follow-up questions. The conversation stays active without needing a constant re-wake, making interactions feel much more alive.
- 🧩 Expanded Device Awareness: When Tater connects to a device, he sees more than just audio. He can now monitor device states, sensors, and controls, laying the groundwork for advanced automation.
🛠️ For the Devs & Hardware Hackers:
This release is a game-changer for anyone running Voice PE, satellite, or ESPHome devices. Because you no longer need Home Assistant as a middleman, even the most lightweight, standalone setups are now fair game for Tater’s intelligence.
Go ahead… say something! 🥔🚀