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# openhome abilities

> voice ai abilities for the openhome smart speaker platform

# openhome abilities

i develop custom abilities for **[openhome](https://openhome.ai)**, a voice ai and smart speaker platform. abilities are modular, voice-activated features — essentially apps for a voice assistant — that users invoke hands-free on openhome devices.

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  <span className="pk-tag">python</span>
  <span className="pk-tag">voice ai</span>
  <span className="pk-tag">nlp</span>
  <span className="pk-tag">dev-kit grant</span>
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<Note>
  the openhome team selected me for their developer program and provided a hardware dev kit to build on.
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## building for voice

a voice-first platform is a distinct design challenge — no screen, no mouse, no keyboard. everything works through natural spoken language:

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  <div className="pk-card">
    <p className="pk-card-title">conversational design</p>
    <p className="pk-card-desc">interaction flows that feel natural in speech, with clear prompts and graceful error handling.</p>
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  <div className="pk-card">
    <p className="pk-card-title">intent handling</p>
    <p className="pk-card-desc">mapping spoken phrases to structured intents and pulling parameters out of natural language.</p>
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    <p className="pk-card-title">external integrations</p>
    <p className="pk-card-desc">wiring voice triggers to apis and services for real-world actions.</p>
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  <div className="pk-card">
    <p className="pk-card-title">hardware-first testing</p>
    <p className="pk-card-desc">testing on the actual dev kit, not just a simulator, to validate the real speaker experience.</p>
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## links

* platform: [openhome.ai](https://openhome.ai)