❔ Custom Smart Home Assistant
Hi, everyone! I've been developing a custom home assistant and want to try to connect it to my smart home devices in the way Alexa or Google Home does.
I'm not afraid to use more languages, if C# can't do this for me.
I was thinking maybe there is some way to simulate me saying a phrase to Alexa. I could have Alexa on my computer to have direct access to it
Does anyone know how I could accomplish this? Or this not feasible?
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I would honestly recommend not trying to roll your own thing here. Set up a home assistant instance, and then you can use NetDaemon (https://netdaemon.xyz/) to automate your home with C# however you want
NetDaemon | NetDaemon
Home automations in c# for Home Assistant
How do I set up a home assistant instance?
I see "The hostname/ip-address and port of your Home Assistant instance" on the website. Does that mean I need to buy an Alexa deviceand then provide that information about it?
It looks like this is was I was searching for. Instead of trying to communicate with the devices myself, I just want to use my C# program to talk to an existing home assistant that already knows how to talk to the devices. Seems like this accomplishes that.
https://www.home-assistant.io/
There are lots of options for running a home assistant instance
Home Assistant
Home Assistant
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.
The easiest option is probably to get a raspberry pi
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