Amazon: You can build an Echo with a Raspberry Pi

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Amit Jotwani, senior evangelist for Alexa at Amazon has put together a how-to on building a Raspberry Pi voice assistant. Alexa is Amazon’s super popular voice assistant.

The guide by Amit demonstrates how to use a Java client and Node.js server running on a Raspberry Pi to access the Alexa Voice Service.

What do you need?

1. Raspberry Pi 2 (Model B)
2. Micro-USB power cable
3. Micro SD card
4. Ethernet Cable
5. USB 2.0 Mini microphone
6. USB keyboard and mouse
7. External HDMI monitor
8. WiFi wireless adapter

There’s also a video published earlier in January of 2016, which also discusses building a Raspberry-Pi powered Echo.