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BoredPositronlast Monday at 11:22 PM1 replyview on HN

I restore old non-functioning radios with nice design and good audio. I replace the old tech except the speakers with a raspberry add a mic array and package them with an easy to use ubuntu. whisper and the small gemma models made everything so much easier and private. I basically rewrite the whole backend with claude and created a nice first setup experience akin to other smartspeakers. It's amazing how good the sound is from these old speakers.


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thenthenthenlast Tuesday at 12:13 AM

What do you do with the old guts? I suspect plenty of people would be interested in those (me included)

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