Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant
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 :-)
Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant launched on May 13, 2024 with 344 votes, #122 of 4,539 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Pi-C.A.R.D is an AI voice assistant that runs locally on a Raspberry Pi, offering conversational capabilities similar to ChatGPT without requiring cloud services. It can answer questions, have discussions, and—if equipped with a camera—take photos and answer questions about what it sees. The assistant uses distributed models and is designed for users who want on-device AI processing. The project is still under development with latency optimization ongoing.
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Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant. Contribute to nkasmanoff/pi-card development by creating an account on GitHub.
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