Awesome project, Thanks for sharing. I have watched this project since you first shared it and I finally decided it was time to make it. It worked first try after reading some of the tips in the comments. Here is what I found helped.

Buy the speakers from DIGI. They ship fast (in the US) and aren't expensive. Ebay has them but they all take a few months to get from other countries.

A 4GB SD card will work.

Once it's put together follow the Easy setup instructions on the Github page for the software setup.

The setup page that is served from the raspberry pi doesn't have the big record button anymore. Now all you need to do is enter the text of what you want to use as the new wake word. Once you connect to the WIFI of the Pi you can use 192.168.1.1 to change the settings if you can't connect the way they provide.

There is a little glitch i found that the screen goes blank when you want to enter the new words but if you type it still takes.

It does have false activations but my google home mini just lights up and waits for a question or comment but so does the Mini and my Alexa with their normal wake words.

Overall it is a really easy project if you take your time and check what others note in the comments. Good luck and keep on MAKING!



UPDATE> I am seeing a few people have issues with a Pi 4. I know other programs need to be recompiled for the Pi 4 and i don't believe this program has had that done. I have mine running on a Pi 3A and it works fine.

