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24 alternatives to Dexter, a Voice Controlled Assistant
A digital assistant for the Raspberry Pi and Ubuntu - iamsrp/dexter
Dexter is a voice-controlled assistant launched in 2021, available as open source on GitHub. It allows users to interact with their devices and applications through voice commands rather than manual input. The tool is… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Dexter, a Voice Controlled Assistant launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Echo by Amazon▲480A hands-free speaker you control with your voice
2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A fast, open-source voice assistant powered by Groq, Cartesia, and Vercel.
2024 · swift-ai.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Pi-card is an AI powered voice assistant running locally on a Raspberry Pi. It is capable of doing anything a standard LLM (like ChatGPT) can do in a conversational setting. In addition, if there is a camera equipped, you can also ask Pi-card to take a photo, describe what it sees, and then ask questions about that. It uses distributed models so latency is something I'm working on, but I am curious on where this could go, if anywhere. Very much a WIP. Feedback welcome :-)
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · jasperproject.github.io · its alternatives →
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I built this because I wanted to see how far I could get with a voice-to-text app that used 100% local models so no data left my computer. I've been using a ton for coding and emails. Experimenting with using it as a voice interface for my other agents too. 100% open-source MIT license, would love feedback, PRs, and ideas on where to take it.
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The first AI-powered voice assistant with privacy
2017 · snips.ai · its alternatives →
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Amazon's latest additions to the Echo family.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Manage email and calendar with voice
2025 · useharmony.com · its alternatives →
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The open-source framework for real-time AI voice
2025 · videosdk.live · its alternatives →
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Welcome to Project S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. This is a project that allows anyone to easily build their own self-hosted J.A.R.V.I.S-like voice assistant. In my mind vocal computing is the future of human-computer interaction and by open sourcing this code I hope to expedite us on that path. I have had a blast working on this so far and I'm excited to continue to build with it. It uses whisper.cpp [1], Coqui TTS [2] and OpenAI [3] to do speech-to-text, text-to-text and text-to-speech inference all 100% locally (except for text-to-text). In the future I plan to swap out OpenAI for llama.cpp [4]. It is…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A hackday project. Run the program, speak into your microphone and hear the response from your speakers. - rob-mccann/Pi-Voice
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Call Pi▲155Speak to Pi - your personal AI, just like calling a friend
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Lisprfree tier, from $7.99/mo▲240Hold a key, speak, and Lispr writes it anywhere
Jul 2026 · lispr.ai · its alternatives →
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Echo Plus▲107Hands-free voice-controlled speaker w/ smart home hub
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A open, local, and private voice assistant for your home
2024 · home-assistant.io · its alternatives →
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The open voice assistant - You're in control of your data
2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
- 17AB
2017 · jwahawis.github.io · its alternatives →
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- 19MS
2013 · sidg.tl · its alternatives →
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Voxos is an open-source desktop voice assistant that aims to put Clippy to shame while supporting new desktop workflows powered by LLMs. Tired of copy and pasting ChatGPT responses between your web browser and IDE? Does your copilot not quite do what you need it to do? I invite you to give Voxos a try and maybe even become a contributor!
2024 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →
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It started in 2018 with my first 3D printer and some openscad designs - just something that looks like a HAL9000 (and had a controlled red LED for the visuals) - it ended up being a full software-project...that hasn't ended yet. But: it is at a (quality-)point at which I am OK with putting it up on stage. My project goals: A digital voice-assistant that is... - actually usable (response times, error rates, ...) - performs everything on-device ("look ma, no cloud") - is entirely Free/Libre Open-Source-Software - is as-easy-as-possible to build I consider all four goals to be accomplished…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dabble▲80Project interaction & control app for Open-Source Hardware
2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Talk to AI▲101Fastest way to use GPT3 hands-free, on your Apple device
2023 · sirigpt.dhr.wtf · its alternatives →
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