AI is undoubtedly the hottest area today. In 2017, Google officially released its new open source project-AIY Projects (AIY Project), the goal is to allow every Maker (maker) to DIY their own AI artificial intelligence products, so that more people can learn, explore and experience Artificial intelligence. Among them, Voice Kit is a speech recognition development tool, which allows users to use the Google Assistant SDK to turn Raspberry Pi into a voice control assistant. Vision Kit is an image recognition development tool supported by TensorFlow machine learning models and supports offline recognition. Recently, it has been reported that the AIY series kits have been the first to go on sale in Hong Kong.
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1. AIY Voice Kit
As a voice tool, AIY Voice Kit can be connected to cloud services, such as Google Assistant SDK or Cloud Speech API. It can also use its own system. Its own system is very simple, which is the popular Raspberry Pi in the world. . Users can create virtual voice assistants on this basis and add voice interaction functions to their projects. The composition of Voice Kit mainly includes sound capture, playback accessories, very easy-to-use connectors, daughter boards, speakers, micro-servo system, etc.
The main functions and functions of Voice Kit:
Can replace physical keys and display;
Can replace smart phone APP to control connected devices;
·You can add voice recognition to the assistant robot.
2. AIY Vision Kit
The main component of AIY Vision Kit is the Vision Bonnet accessory board of Raspberry Pi. The low-power vision processing unit of this component can run neural network models on the device. The included software runs three neural networks based on TensorFlow. One is based on the MobileNets platform and can identify more than a thousand daily objects. The second one can find faces and expressions in images. The last one is a neural network dedicated to distinguish between cats, dogs and people.
Google also created a tool for AIY Vision Kit that allows users to train new models using TensorFlow. The kit supports Python API to make basic changes, such as changing the color of button LEDs, adjusting speaker volume, etc.
Sold out as soon as North America hits shelves! How amazing is Google AIY?!
AIY Voice Kit can use Google Assistant SDK and Cloud Speech API to convert Raspberry Pi 3 into a voice digital assistant. Users can create virtual voice assistants on this basis and add voice interaction functions to their projects. Google also provides some usage scenarios of Voice Kit very intimately, controlling the turning on and off of lights, electrical switches and so on. Through the technical documents and demonstrations provided by Google, I believe that many users can build their own AI voice assistants.
Vision Kit is Google's first project to provide neural network acceleration on the device, which can provide computer vision support without connecting to the cloud. Its kit function is also quite rich, users can develop various functions by themselves, for example, it can be used to distinguish a variety of animal and plant species, record the movement of pets, record the entry and exit of vehicles, visitors, or when outsiders enter the room Raise an alarm and so on. After making an artificial intelligence camera at home, you can show off to your friends when you go out.
The Vision Kit and Voice Kit are now available for sale at Gravitylink Store in Hong Kong , and the prices are HK$706 and HK$392 respectively.
If some readers have purchased this product and developed their own application, we look forward to sharing the operation process and results.