Home Assistant Voice Satellite (HAV-SAT)

Experimental voice satellite for Home Assistant that uses the ESPHome protocol.

Runs on Linux aarch64 and x86_64 platforms. Tested with Python 3.13 and Python 3.11. Supports announcments, start/continue conversation, and timers.

Installation

Install system dependencies (apt-get):

• libportaudio2 (for sounddevice)
• build-essential (for pymicro-features)
• libmpv-dev (for python-mpv)

Clone and install project:

git clone https://github.com/OHF-Voice/hav-sat.git
cd hav-sat
script/setup

Running

Use script/run or python3 -m hav_sat

See --help for more options.

Connecting to Home Assistant

1. In Home Assistant, go to "Settings" -> "Device & services"
2. Click the "Add integration" button
3. Choose "ESPHome" and then "Set up another instance of ESPHome"
4. Enter the IP address of your voice satellite with port 6053
5. Click "Submit"