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Developer switches to ElevenLabs for "Hey, Spiridon" wake word generation

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] ·

The developer behind the wake word "Hey, Spiridon" encountered significant challenges training the model. Initial attempts using Piper and an openWakeWord notebook were hampered by dependency issues and a lack of vocal variety. The developer then switched to ElevenLabs, finding its first generated samples to be more natural and versatile. AI

IMPACT This is a niche tooling improvement for wake-word generation, with minimal industry-wide impact.

RANK_REASON Developer's personal project tool switch, not a major industry release or product.

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Developer switches to ElevenLabs for "Hey, Spiridon" wake word generation

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Goal: generate positive and hard-negative "Hey, Spiridon" wake-word samples. The sample generation with Piper worked, but training the model using the openWakeW

    Goal: generate positive and hard-negative "Hey, Spiridon" wake-word samples. The sample generation with Piper worked, but training the model using the openWakeWord notebook turned into hours of untangling dependency issues. Combining that with Piper's lack of vocal variety, I aba…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Current goal: generate positive and hard-negative wake-word samples for "Hey, Spiridon". While working with the openWakeWord training notebook and Piper, I spen

    Current goal: generate positive and hard-negative wake-word samples for "Hey, Spiridon". While working with the openWakeWord training notebook and Piper, I spent hours untangling dependency issues before abandoning that workflow entirely. Piper also wasn't giving me the pronuncia…

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