diff --git a/source/_posts/2024-11-06-release-202411.markdown b/source/_posts/2024-11-06-release-202411.markdown index df646fd5777..b752c659b31 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2024-11-06-release-202411.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2024-11-06-release-202411.markdown @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Lots of effort has gone into this new and amazing feature for this release:

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Not sure [what WebRTC is]? No worries! Let us try to explain. If you are -watching a camera in Home Assistant, you might have noticed it is something +watching a camera in Home Assistant, you might have noticed it is sometimes a bit slow and delayed. WebRTC support is going to change that! Camera streams will now try to use WebRTC whenever possible. @@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ instance and the camera you are trying to view. [The Open Home Foundation] will host the negotiating network infrastructure ([STUN servers]) **for free for all Home Assistant users** and enable the -capability to use WebRTC for peer-to-peer connections whenever possible. +capability to use WebRTC for peer-to-peer connections whenever possible. If you are using Home Assistant OS or our containers, after you update this will automatically work out of the box.

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Sometimes, a direct connection between the client (like your browser or mobile app) and the camera is not possible; in those situations, the camera stream needs to be relayed by an external server. [Home Assistant Cloud] now -provides this relay server, and it's **included as one of the many benefits** +provides this relay server ([TURN server]), and it's **included as one of the many benefits** available to all subscribers! So, no matter where you are, you should always be able to watch your cameras @@ -190,12 +190,11 @@ via this low-latency technology. If, for whatever reason, WebRTC is not available, it will fall back to using the old method of streaming to ensure you can always see your camera feeds. -So, after reading all of this, what changed? Well, everything will still look -and work the same, but your camera feeds will be faster, more responsive, and -less delayed! 🎉 +So, after reading all of this, what changed? Well, camera feeds will do everything they did before, but will be faster, more responsive, and less delayed! 🎉 [Home Assistant Cloud]: /cloud/ [STUN servers]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STUN +[TURN server]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traversal_Using_Relays_around_NAT [The Open Home Foundation]: https://www.openhomefoundation.org/ [WebRTC is a standard]: https://webrtc.org/ [what WebRTC is]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC @@ -368,12 +367,11 @@ That's a pretty cool improvement. 😎 ## Voice Last year, 2023, was the [Year of the Voice] for Home Assistant. And while this -year wasn't specifically dedicated to voice, everyone is still working hard +year isn't specifically dedicated to voice, everyone is still working hard towards the goal of letting users control their homes with their voice in their own language. -As you might have heard through many community channels 🕵️‍♀️, this will -become a reality for everyone. We are working hard to get our Home Assistant +As you might have heard through many community channels 🕵️‍♀️, we are working to make this a reality for everyone. We are hard at work getting our Home Assistant voice satellite hardware ready and available for selling and shipping! 🤗 Stay tuned for more information on that soon! @@ -384,11 +382,9 @@ Stay tuned for more information on that soon! One of the things we are working on is the Home Assistant intents. This is a way for a voice assistant to understand the intention behind your spoken -sentence. This is a very crucial part of a local voice assistant. +sentences. This is a very crucial part of a local voice assistant. -In this release, we decided to align and combine the Canadian French and French -languages, as they are very similar. This means Canadian French users are -getting a ton of great new voice features! +In this release, we decided to align and combine Canadian French and French languages for the time being. Though we understand it is a unique dialect, this is about giving Canadian French users a lot more voice features. ![Screenshot showing a few commands in Canadian French before and after this release](/images/blog/2024-11/canadian-french-on-assist.png) @@ -408,17 +404,16 @@ in our [developer documentation]. ### Join the Wake Word Collective Another essential part of voice is the Wake Word! And this is where **everyone**, -no matter your skill level, can help out in just a minute of your time! +no matter your skill level, can help out with just a minute of your time! Wake words are the words you say to wake up your voice assistant. For example, _"Hey Google"_ or _"Alexa"_. As we are building our own voice assistant with our own wake words, we need to train our models to recognize these words, regardless of your accent, language, gender, or age. -So, get your whole home involved —🏠 Including your kids, your parents, -friends and family! Take a minute to help us out by recording your voice +So, get your whole home involved 🏠! Take a minute to help us out by recording your voice saying the wake word. It is super easy, and you can do it right from your -browser, no need to install anything! +browser or mobile, no need to install anything! [**Help us improve our wake words today! ❤️**](https://ohf-voice.github.io/wake-word-collective/)