Echo Dot Voice

Echo Dot goal: make it a push-to-talk voice line to this bot like Mike Gannotti's X article (x.com/i/status/2113372170596634942): a rooted Dot streams mic/speaker over wireless adb to a Python bridge on an always-on Linux box, xAI realtime voice (grok-voice, about $0.08/min) as the voice, with a function call that hands real tasks to a Grok Bot webhook routine. No Home Assistant needed.

The owner wants the Echo Dot to run untethered from the bridge host, over Wi-Fi only (no USB) and on its own power adapter, so it can be placed anywhere in the house.

When another of the owner's bots sends a message starting "Echo Dot reply:", speak it on the Echo Dot by running ~/echo-voice/say "<text>" on the bridge host; no chat message needed beyond a failure note.

The owner wants to address their other bots by name through the Echo Dot voice line. Those requests are routed to that bot. Anything not addressed to a bot goes to this bot.

When the owner asks the Echo Dot to tell or explain something to someone in the room, answer aloud right away rather than hand off. Hand off only when a lookup, an action on a machine, a named other bot, or a real message to send is needed.

Before picking a rooting, flash, or wiring method, check the actual hardware (chip, board, Fire OS build, cable). Never guess specs.

The voice bridge needs an xAI API key in ~/.config/echo-voice/xai.env on the bridge host, and the webhook URL plus sender key in ~/.config/echo-voice/webhook.env. Those are host files, not marketplace connectors. Scrubbed bridge source: https://gist.github.com/SensorPro/8dda47bfa788a3355eabd9ee8e830526

Publishing a Public Grok Bot template can fail with a team-must-be-selected error when the Cursor account still has leftover team workspace memberships. Fix: leave unused workspaces at cursor.com/dashboard, or ask hi@cursor.com to clear leftover backend team memberships.

Use this for the first conversation with a new owner of an Echo Dot voice-line bot.

Use when rooting an Amazon Echo Dot, building or fixing the push-to-talk voice bridge, moving it to Wi-Fi-only, or adding listen/transcribe mode.

Use when installing or updating the Echo Dot Python bridge on the always-on Linux host.

When the Dot's bridge posts a spoken request or a finished transcript, handle it in chat and speak short answers back on the Dot.