Home Assistance Voice & Ollama Setup Guide - The Ultimate Local LLM Solution!

A couple weeks ago I showed off this, the Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition, an ESP32 based smart speaker that if set up to use Whisper and Piper handles voice commands and home automation fully locally through Home Assistant. It’s amazing, but the one thing that’s missing is a proper conversation agent. Sure, asking it to turn your lights on, or set timers is useful, but being able to ask it questions and get answers would be really nice. That is where Ollama comes in. Ollama is an open source way to run large language models locally, and it turns out it’s ridiculously easy to set up and connect to Home Assistant Voice, so let me walk you through it, then demo just how useful it is. BUY AN OSRTT (Open Source Response Time Tool): https://osrtt.com Become a Youtube Member and get sponsor free videos and access to our private Discord chat: https://www.youtube.com/techteamgb/join Locally Links - Global Short Linking for Creators: https://locally.link/techteamgb Use referral code "techteamgb20" when signing up! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/techteamgb Donations: https://streamlabs.com/techteamgb OverclockersUK Affiliate link: http://techteamgb.co.uk/ocuk Discord! https://discord.gg/NxFzaWy As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, using the links below or other Amazon affiliate links here. Want a cool T-Shirt or hoodie? https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/techteamgb Private Internet Access (VPN): http://techteamgb.co.uk/PIA NordVPN: https://nordvpn.org/techteamgb HUMBLE BUNDLE: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=techteamgb Zen Internet - My (UK) ISP: https://locally.link/b3DC WEB HOSTING: http://techteamgb.co.uk/domaincom Check out our awesome website! http://techteamgb.co.uk My Monitor - Philips EVNIA 8600 QD-OLED: https://locally.link/H33q - My PC - AMAZON AFFILIATE LINKS - 5900X on Amazon: https://techteamgb.co.uk/5900x 32GB Corsair 3000MHz on Amazon: https://techteamgb.co.uk/cors32gbrgb GBT X570 Master on Amazon: https://techteamgb.co.uk/gbtx570master RTX 2080 on Amazon: https://techteamgb.co.uk/RTX2080 H100i Pro on Amazon: https://techteamgb.co.uk/h100ipro WD 1TB NVME on Amazon: https://techteamgb.co.uk/wdbl1tb Patriot VP4100 on Amazon: https://techteamgb.co.uk/vp4100 Sabrent Rocket Q 4TB on Amazon: https://techteamgb.co.uk/rocketq4 If you are interested in contacting us, then please email: inbox@techteamgb.com and we will respond as soon as possible.