Final blog post voice assistant contest (#30866)

Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof <frenck@frenck.nl>

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-title: "Voice Assistant Contest - Let's build and win some prizes!"
-description: "We’re organizing a voice assistant contest for the community! Watch our live stream on the 17th of January to learn how to make your own voice assistant and know all about the contest."
-date: 2024-01-11 00:00:01
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-author: Jean-Loïc Pouffier
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-We are organizing a voice assistant contest for the community, starting on the 17th of January and ending on the 10th of March, there will be prizes provided by Nabu Casa! You can win Home Assistant Greens and Home Assistant SkyConnects and have a chance to be on a live stream with us to talk about your winning entry.
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-Tune in to our live stream on Wednesday, 17th of January, at 12:00 PST / 21:00 CET to learn all about the contest, the categories, and the prizes you can win! Michael Hansen (Voice Lead at Nabu Casa and Founder of Rhasspy) and JLo (Product Manager of Home Assistant) will first quickly recap the components we created to make voice assistants during Year of the Voice. Then, we will create several voice assistants live during the stream to show you how you can get started!
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-This live stream will be the perfect opportunity for everyone who loves our voice assistants but still needs to figure out where to start. You can learn everything you need during the stream and be fully prepared to build the voice assistant of your dreams. We're excited to see what you will create and enter into the contest!
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-<lite-youtube videoid="99lGuB4J-4o" videotitle="Voice Assistant Contest"></lite-youtube>

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+title: "Voice Assistant Contest - Let's build and win some prizes!"
+description: "We are organizing a voice assistant contest between the 17th of January and the 10th of March. You can win some Home Assistant Green, some Home Assistant SkyConnect, and a chance to be on a livestream with us to talk about your creation."
+date: 2024-01-17 00:00:01
+date_formatted: "January 17, 2024"
+author: Jean-Loïc Pouffier
+comments: true
+categories: Assist
+og_image: /images/blog/2024-01-11-voice-assistant-contest/banner.png
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+<p><img src='/images/blog/2024-01-11-voice-assistant-contest/banner.png' class='no-shadow' /></p>
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+TL;DR: We are organizing a voice assistant contest between the 17th of January and the 10th of March. You can win some [Home Assistant Green](/green/), [Home Assistant SkyConnect](/skyconnect/), and a chance to be on a livestream with us to talk about your work.
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+<lite-youtube videoid="99lGuB4J-4o" videotitle="Voice Assistant Contest"></lite-youtube>
+
+2023 was the [Year of the Voice](/blog/2022/12/20/year-of-voice/). It was a yearly goal to **let users control Home Assistant in their own language**.
+We built some amazing things throughout the year, from a very powerful intent recognizer specifically optimized to run on a small computer like a Raspberry Pi 4, all the way to custom wake words created by our community.
+
+In fact, we believe that what we built during the Year of the Voice allows almost anyone to build a voice assistant that embodies our Open Home values perfectly: Personalized, Private, and Sustainable.
+Every component of our voice assistants can be heavily customized to fit your language, your style and your needs, fully local options exist for each of them, and finally you can retrofit voice assistant into anything, even a [1970s Walkie Talkie](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HqYbhk6vq9E) found in a flea market
+
+This is why, after spending a year building great things, we want to celebrate what our voice assistants can enable with the community: We’re launching a voice assistant contest, with great prizes to win!
+
+## Contest specifics
+
+The contest will be held between Today (the **17th of January**) and the **10th of March**.
+
+We tried to be as inclusive as possible. The contest is not only about building voice assistant hardware, it is also about building voice experiences that can be used with any voice assistant (For example, [a blueprint that you can use to generate images from voice and cast them on your TV](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/blueprint_import?blueprint_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.home-assistant.io%2Fblueprints%2Fblog%2F2023-08%2Fcast_dall_e.yaml): “Show me a picture of an astronaut riding a unicorn!”)
+
+An entry in the contest can take any form: A video, a blog post, a website, an event, etc.
+
+The only requirement is for you to post on [this forum category](https://community.home-assistant.io/c/voice-assistant-contest/60), this is how you officially participate in the contest.
+
+Winners will be announced on the **15th of March**.
+
+A closing ceremony will take place on the **10th of April** in the form of a livestream. Winners will be invited!
+
+<p><img src='/images/blog/2024-01-11-voice-assistant-contest/contest_timeline.png' class='no-shadow' /></p>
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+## Contest categories
+
+You can participate in the contest in four different categories.
+
+### Most creative satellite ideas
+
+We have all the ingredients to unleash creativity: Custom sentences, custom wake words, custom voices. This category is here to showcase your smartest ideas.
+We will be judging the creativity, uniqueness, and coherency of the whole package.
+
+Example: [Piitaya’s](https://github.com/piitaya) moving and talking droid.
+
+<lite-youtube videoid="vQ7Hmeume9g" videotitle="Wake word demonstration on ESPHome-based 3D printed droid in Home Assistant | Year of the Voice"></lite-youtube>
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+### Best starting guides
+
+Because our voice assistant can be heavily customized, starting can be daunting. This category showcases the easiest ways to create a voice assistant for a novice. From ordering parts, flashing the firmware, integrating it into Home Assistant, and using it.
+We will judge how easy the guide is to follow and how usable the final product is.
+
+Example: The amazingly complete guide to build a Wyoming Voice Assistant Satellite by YouTuber [FutureProofHome](https://www.youtube.com/@FutureProofHomes).
+
+<lite-youtube videoid="eTKgc0YDCwE" videotitle="Build the Wyoming Voice Satellite With ChatGPT and a Raspberry Pi To Replace Alexa & Google FOREVER!"></lite-youtube>
+
+### Best events organized, best group effort
+
+Building privacy-focused technology only makes sense if we can get people to use it. Go to a hackerspace, invite some people, and build some voice assistants together!
+We will be judging the impact of the event (Size, outcome, topics discussed, etc)
+
+### Best voice experiences
+
+This category is here for people who want to participate in the contest but not necessarily build a hardware product. This is all about creating the best experience using a voice assistant on Home Assistant.
+We support custom sentences, custom responses, and custom actions.
+Go crazy, be creative, and show us how to unlock the potential of our voice assistants.
+We will be judging how useful the experience is, how easy it is to integrate it, and of course, of fun it is.
+
+Example: [Play any music on any speaker in your home from a blueprint.](https://blog.jlpouffier.fr/chatgpt-powered-music-search-engine-on-a-local-voice-assistant/)
+
+## Contest prizes
+
+For each category, the winner will receive:
+
+- A [Home Assistant Green](/green/)
+- A [Home Assistant SkyConnect](/skyconnect/)
+- A spot on the closing ceremony livestream to present his/her work on the 10th of April
+
+Runners-up will receive a [Home Assistant SkyConnect](/skyconnect/).
+
+The community will also get a chance to vote for a favorite entry. The choice of the community will also receive the same prizes as a category winner (A [Home Assistant Green](/green/), A [Home Assistant SkyConnect](/skyconnect/), a spot on the livestream on the 10th of April).
+
+## How to get started
+
+- Watch the Voice Assistant Contest [launch live stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99lGuB4J-4o&ab_channel=HomeAssistant), we did a recap of Year of the Voice and created a few voice assistants live with you.
+- Learn more about the different chapters of Year of the Voice [here](https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2022/12/20/year-of-voice/).
+- Learn more about Wyoming Satellite in the [launch live stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99lGuB4J-4o&ab_channel=HomeAssistant) and [here](https://github.com/rhasspy/wyoming-satellite).
+- Learn how to create a basic voice assistant within minutes for $13 [here](https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/thirteen-usd-voice-remote/).
+- Learn more about ESPHome-based voice assistant in the [launch live stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99lGuB4J-4o&ab_channel=HomeAssistant).
+- Learn how to create custom wake words [here](https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/create_wake_word/).
+- Learn how to create custom sentences [here](https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/custom_sentences/).
+
+## Thank you
+
+Thank you to the Home Assistant community for subscribing to Home Assistant Cloud to support Year of the Voice and the development of Home Assistant, ESPHome, and other projects in general.
+
+We are looking forward to seeing what you will build and we are looking forward to having you on the livestream with us on the 10th of April.
+
+Head over to the [forum category](https://community.home-assistant.io/c/voice-assistant-contest/60) to see the progress of the contest.
+
+Have fun building, learning, and sharing.