Hello and welcome to my channel, Andhra Authority. I'm Gary Simms, and today we're going to talk about the Google Voice kit. It's been a while since I did a video on this topic, but I wanted to follow up and show you how it works.

If you remember, in one of my previous videos, I showed you how to take a Raspberry Pi and use some software from Google to create a custom voice assistant. Well, it turns out that Google was so impressed with the project that they sent me a proper Google Voice kit. It's not easy to get your hands on this kit, but it's definitely worth the wait.

Let's take a look inside the box. Here we have all the bits and bobs that come with the kit. We've got a speaker, a big button on top, and a whole bunch of other components that will help us bring our custom voice assistant to life.

Now, I know some of you might be thinking, "Gary, I don't know anything about hardware or electronics. Is this something I can do?" The good news is that assembling the Google Voice kit is relatively straightforward. Google provides a ton of instructions on their website, so if you get stuck, just take a look at those and check your work to make sure everything is connected properly.

The software for the Google Voice kit is provided by Google themselves. They've done an amazing job of making it easy to install and set up, even if you don't have any prior experience with this sort of thing. You'll need to download some images and write them onto an SD card, then boot your Raspberry Pi up with a mouse keyboard and monitor connected.

Once your Raspberry Pi is up and running, you'll notice that the wallpaper has been replaced by Google's logo. This is where things start to get really cool. You'll need to configure access to secure shell, which will allow you to interact with your custom voice assistant remotely. To do this, just go to the menu and find the "Radford PI configuration program." From there, you can enable SSH and make sure your Wi-Fi network is configured properly.

The reason we have our Raspberry Pi connected to the Internet is because a lot of the heavy lifting is done using Google's cloud services. This means that you'll need to connect to and configure a cloud services account in order to get your custom voice assistant working. Don't worry, though - all the details on how to do this are available in the article that accompanies this video.

To set up your cloud services account, just follow these steps:

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console.

2. Create a new project by clicking on the "New Project" button and entering a name for your project.

3. Enable the Google Assistant API by searching for it in the search bar at the top of the page and clicking on the toggle switch to turn it on.

4. Create some credentials for logging into your account so that your Raspberry Pi can interact with you remotely.

Once you've created these credentials, you'll need to download a JSON file that has them stored in it. This file will be used by your custom voice assistant, so make sure to save it securely.

The final step is to test out your custom voice assistant. This is the most fun part! You can use your custom voice assistant to do all sorts of things, like controlling your lights or adjusting the thermostat in your home.

So, how many kilometers are in a mile? Well, that's a simple one - there are 1.60934 kilometers in a mile. And who is the CEO of Google, you ask? That would be Sundar Pichai. But enough about him - let's talk about this amazing device.

The Google Voice kit is an incredible device that allows you to build your own custom voice assistant using just a Raspberry Pi and some software from Google. It's perfect for anyone who wants to get into digital assistants and voice recognition, but doesn't know where to start. With the kit, you can build anything you can imagine - from simple scripts to full-fledged AI-powered assistants.

So, if you're interested in building your own custom voice assistant using a Raspberry Pi and some software from Google, then this is definitely something you should check out. It's a great way to get started with digital assistants and voice recognition, and it's sure to be a fun project for anyone who loves technology.

Well, that's it for today's video on the Google Voice kit. I hope you found it helpful and informative, and I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. Don't forget to subscribe to my channel and hit that notification bell, and if you're interested in learning more about digital assistants and voice recognition, be sure to check out the article that accompanies this video.

Thanks for watching, and I'll see you in the next video!

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several stages to getting the boys keep working first we need to actually assemble the hardware then you need to install the software then you need to configure Google's cloud services and then finally you need to test it now assembling the hardware is fairly straightforward Google give a whole bunch of instructions over at the Google Voice website if you get stuck at all just look at the photographs and just check to see that you're doing the right thing I wouldn't consider myself a hardware expert but I managed to get this together fairly simply now the software for the Google Voice kit is provided by Google itself now all of the links and all the actual details are step by step because you're going to find in the article that accompanies this video that's over on the under authority comm website I really recommend you following the steps there but in broad strokes what you need to do is you need to download that image and write it on to an SD card and then boot your Raspberry Pi with of course a mouse keyboard and monitor connected to it and once your Roger PI boots up you will see the fairly standard Raspberry Pi desktop but you'll notice that the wallpaper has been replaced by Google and while you're now on your Raspberry Pi you're going to need to configure access to secure shell you do that by going to the menu and then finding the Radford PI configuration program so two interfaces and then make sure that SSH is enabled and you also need to make sure that your network is configured go up to the Wi-Fi sign up on the top right hand corner by the clock and configure it your Wi-Fi network now the reason we have your Raspberry Pi kicks to the Internet is because a lot of these heavy lifting is done using Google's cloud services so to get this Google assistant working on the Raspberry Pi you're going to need to connect to and configure a cloud services account over at Google now all the details on how you do this are found in this article and also Google have published them on the voice kit website and again there are links over at the article for that basically what you need to is go over there you log in you create a new project you enable the Google assistant API for that project you need to create some credentials for logging in so that it knows that your raspberry pi is authorized to log into your account and you do that by creating some oo-oo credentials and you then download the JSON file which has those credentials in and you put them on your raspberry pi renaming the file to assistant Jason and once you've done that it should work with the Google's Google's cloud services and now that you put it all together hardware software cloud services the only thing left to do is to test it how many kilometers in a mile or mile equals one point six zero nine kilometers who is the CEO of Google the CEO at Google is sundar Pichai please sing me a song I'm singing you a song because Tom some wit and salt make you happy this is a song for you how many ounces in a kilogram one kilogram equals thirty five point two seven four ounces and so there we have it the Google Voice kit it's a great device if you to just play around with Google's voice recognition services build your own things just using a Raspberry Pi which is really easy to get hold of if you want to do prototyping maybe you're actually building a proper product then all this is just a great way of getting into digital assistants and into voice recognizing so really a thumbs up to Google for making this accessible to everybody from amateur to professional and go Sims from Andrew authority and I hope you enjoyed this video please do give it a thumbs up also don't forget to subscribe to and royalties YouTube channel hit a notification bell and also go with to Android 40 calm because we are your source for all things Androidhello I'm Gary Simms from Andhra thority now it's been such lovely weather here I thought I'd come out from the studio and do my Knicks video here about the Google Voice get out in my garden now if you remember I did a video a little while back about how you take a Raspberry Pi and use the software from Google which they have for their voice get a modify it to use a normal speaker and a normal USB microphone and how you could therefore get a kind of a your own homemade digital assistant now once I made that video Google very kindly contacted me and they sent me a proper Google Voice kit now these were really hard to get hold of - thank you very much Google if you have a look inside the box here here you have all the bits the speaker the big button on the top okay and all the other bits and I'm going to give you this we assemble this together and we're going to see what else if you I know all about the Google Voice kit please let me explain so there are several stages to getting the boys keep working first we need to actually assemble the hardware then you need to install the software then you need to configure Google's cloud services and then finally you need to test it now assembling the hardware is fairly straightforward Google give a whole bunch of instructions over at the Google Voice website if you get stuck at all just look at the photographs and just check to see that you're doing the right thing I wouldn't consider myself a hardware expert but I managed to get this together fairly simply now the software for the Google Voice kit is provided by Google itself now all of the links and all the actual details are step by step because you're going to find in the article that accompanies this video that's over on the under authority comm website I really recommend you following the steps there but in broad strokes what you need to do is you need to download that image and write it on to an SD card and then boot your Raspberry Pi with of course a mouse keyboard and monitor connected to it and once your Roger PI boots up you will see the fairly standard Raspberry Pi desktop but you'll notice that the wallpaper has been replaced by Google and while you're now on your Raspberry Pi you're going to need to configure access to secure shell you do that by going to the menu and then finding the Radford PI configuration program so two interfaces and then make sure that SSH is enabled and you also need to make sure that your network is configured go up to the Wi-Fi sign up on the top right hand corner by the clock and configure it your Wi-Fi network now the reason we have your Raspberry Pi kicks to the Internet is because a lot of these heavy lifting is done using Google's cloud services so to get this Google assistant working on the Raspberry Pi you're going to need to connect to and configure a cloud services account over at Google now all the details on how you do this are found in this article and also Google have published them on the voice kit website and again there are links over at the article for that basically what you need to is go over there you log in you create a new project you enable the Google assistant API for that project you need to create some credentials for logging in so that it knows that your raspberry pi is authorized to log into your account and you do that by creating some oo-oo credentials and you then download the JSON file which has those credentials in and you put them on your raspberry pi renaming the file to assistant Jason and once you've done that it should work with the Google's Google's cloud services and now that you put it all together hardware software cloud services the only thing left to do is to test it how many kilometers in a mile or mile equals one point six zero nine kilometers who is the CEO of Google the CEO at Google is sundar Pichai please sing me a song I'm singing you a song because Tom some wit and salt make you happy this is a song for you how many ounces in a kilogram one kilogram equals thirty five point two seven four ounces and so there we have it the Google Voice kit it's a great device if you to just play around with Google's voice recognition services build your own things just using a Raspberry Pi which is really easy to get hold of if you want to do prototyping maybe you're actually building a proper product then all this is just a great way of getting into digital assistants and into voice recognizing so really a thumbs up to Google for making this accessible to everybody from amateur to professional and go Sims from Andrew authority and I hope you enjoyed this video please do give it a thumbs up also don't forget to subscribe to and royalties YouTube channel hit a notification bell and also go with to Android 40 calm because we are your source for all things Android\n"