Learn why voice is the natural choice of interface for IoT devices and why focusing on Open Source technologies empower developers.

1. Intel IoT With the Best 2017

2. Who am I?
KARL FEZER
AI Engineer
Mycroft AI

3. What’s Wrong with IoT?

4. The Learning
Curve
Replacing physical objects
with digital ones (breaking
known schema)
This creates a cognitive load
on the user

6. Then what?

8. Alexa, Siri, Google Home
Interaction through Natural Language Processing

9. Why Mycroft?
→ Open source philosophy
→ Modular and extendable
→ We respect your privacy
→ Freedom to create
→ Accessible to makers
→ Keep (or share) your data!
→ Community-centric
→ Written in Python!

10. How to program for Mycroft
Use Python!
Skills:
● Code
● Vocabulary
● Dialog

12. → A microservice based architecture
→ Websocket based message bus
→ Wake-word detection
→ Speech-to-Text
→ ADAPT Intent Parser
→ MIMIC Text-to-Speech
→ Cloud based configuration management (optional)
Core Technology

13. Mycroft Core Architecture
voice skills serviceenclosure
Message bus (websocket)
Adapt
Intent
event
generator
Skill Skill Skill Skill
Skill Skill Skill Skill
GPIO interface
Display
GPS Location
…
STT
Wake
word
TTS
mimic GPIO
event
…
event
Watchdog

14. mycroft-core
Skill
Enclosure
Skill
Skill
home.mycroft.ai
Speech
To Text
Text To
Speech
IoT
Web API
Response
Skill
API
transcript
response
Mycroft Core Architecture

15. Mycroft Setup
docs.mycroft.ai
github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-core

17. Mark 1

19. Picroft
→ Picroft is an easy start image for the Raspberry Pi
→ Download image, plug in mic and speaker and go!
docs.mycroft.ai/installing.and.running/installation/raspberry.pi

20. Running Mycroft
Via terminal:
./mycroft.sh start
docs.mycroft.ai/installing.and.running/cheatsheet

21. Skill Structure
→ __init__.py
→ vocab
→ dialog

22. Building A Skill
Follow the bouncing Mycroft!
github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-skills

23. WE NEED
HELP

25. Want to contribute to Mycroft?
→ Make Skills for specific tasks
→ Submit (and/or fix!) bugs
→ Help us build mycroft-core
→ Join conversation as we design things

26. Thanks!

27. Find out more
→ mycroft.ai
→ github.com/MycroftAI
→ community.mycroft.ai
→ docs.mycroft.ai
→ extensions.gnome.org/extension/1197/mycroft-assistant/