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On-device wake word detection powered by deep learning

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Create voice-activated applications that listen for specific wake words without needing an internet connection.

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On-device wake word detection powered by deep learning

porcupine has 4.9k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 577 times. porcupine is written mainly in Python. It has been in active development since 2018. porcupine is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Its main topics are handsfree, hotword, hotword-detection, hotword-detector.

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On-device wake word detection powered by deep learning

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porcupine is an open-source project. It is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

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Yes. porcupine is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.

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porcupine is available under the Apache-2.0 license.

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porcupine is written mainly in Python.

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