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Google Assistan7t with Google AIY 7.3
• Usage: Once assembled, configured, and integrated with Google
Assistant, users can interact with their voice-controlled AI assis-
tant by pressing the button and issuing voice commands. The AI
assistant’s responses are played through the speaker.

The final product is shown in Figure 7.4.
1 List of materials of the v1 included:

1. Voice HAT board
2. Voice HAT microphone board
3. 2 plastic standoffs
4. 3-inch speaker
5. Arcade-style push button
6. 4-wire button cable (for connecting
7. 5-wire daughter board cable (for connecting microphone HAT
board)
8. External cardboard box
9. Internal cardboard frame
One would also need a Raspberry Pi, needle-nose pliers, a Phillips
screwdriver, and two-sided tape for putting parts together. In Novem-
ber 2017, The MagPi Essentials AIY Projects was published (Hattersley
2017), so we would advise our readers to consult the text before they
start. The magazine can be downloaded from here  Essentials - AIY
Voice Projects. Chapters cover the following:

• Made by you with Google: the team behind the AIY Projects kit
• Your AIY Projects Voice Kit
• Assemble the kit
• Set up the voice assistant software
• Build a voice recognizer
• Create a voice recognizer
• Control an LED
• Attach a servo
• Control a DC motor
If you have a newer kit, consult the site with vision, voice, and mak-
er kit:  Voice Kit. The newer version of voice kit requires a Raspberry
Pi Zero WH.

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