This has been my dream since I was a teen - and now the tech is real. This is a fork of an existing speech-to-speech project by Huggingface, with a lot of additions to add the right chimes, the voice* and the overall wakeword architecture.
I’ve had it running for a day and … I like it. I’ll most likely wire up a version of this throughout the house so the whole family can live the trekkie life :)
*) Cloning Barrett’s voice … I know. It’s just little old me showing that we now have the tech, not some commercial venture. It’s done with the utmost of respect for her craft throughout all those years!
I’d be tempted to have it switch voices for different purposes. Robert Picardo’s EMH for medicinal queries, Kate Mulgrew for “what should I do” queries, alternate between James Doohan & LeVar Burton for technical stuff, etc. Might throw in some Lower Decks characters for fun, too.
And Michael for those teary eyed, pathos laden, dull speeches.
“I’m thinking of investing in this crypto scam, should I do it?”
Micheal Dorn: “you should not. Crypto scammers are without honor.”