Home Assistant Voice Preview on Alexa Dot 3
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Voice Preview is a great product, but the speaker is ...
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So, the speaker on the Home Assistant Voice Preview isn’t great — it’s too small and causes a lot of distortion.
But since I’m using this device to replace my Alexa Dot v3… waiiiit a minute.
I disassembled all the electronics from the Alexa and built this contraption to fit my Voice Preview on top of it.
I also recreated the hole originally used for the flat cable so I could run a small speaker wire through it, soldered directly onto the speaker pads of the Alexa Dot v3.
Now I have a larger, fully local voice assistant with decent sound quality (I’m only using the speaker for voice feedback, not for music).
There are also four cutouts in the base for the rubber pads, allowing the Voice Preview to sit flush on top — because details matter.
And voilà!
Assembly instruction :
1- Dissassemble your Alexa Dot 3, with Ifixit guide
2- Remove all the electronics (the card inside and the top piece with the buttons)
3- Solder (if needed) 2 cable from the speaker pad inside, add a connector to this cable, JST PH2
4- the connector need to plugged IN the Home Assistant Preview, instead of the speaker inside the device. You can pass the cable through the Groove port. To connect the speaker, you need to remove the cover from the device, and the electronic card, to access the speaker connector
5- When screwing the piece on your Alexa Dot 3, do not screw it all the way down, or you’ll pierce the plastic.
And voilà
