# \[Searching\] STT - "Alexa like" solution for Node Red

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**Created:** [12 December 2022 13:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/searching-stt-alexa-like-solution-for-node-red/72077 "2022-12-12T13:23:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [12 December 2022 13:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/searching-stt-alexa-like-solution-for-node-red/72077/1 "2022-12-12T13:23:34Z")

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Well, another year has nearly passed and I still have not solution for voice controlling my home automation system / Node Red. Hell I spend so much time for trying out solutions and non of them worked for me. Maybe you know something I don t or have any working solutions ?

Here is what I was searching for:

Must haves:

- German STT
- Own hot word
- No monthly fees to spend
- Filter for background noises

Should haves:

- API to get sound files / streams form decentral devices like PI Zero W or mobil phone
- Docker support
- Easy installation

Nice to haves:

- Local recognition (non cloud)

I tried and gave up:

Raspberry Pi 4 -\> Coqui v0.9 (best so far):

- no hot word support
- bad and old language model
- fails on small background noises
- node red plugins / implementations outdated

Raspberry Pi 4 -\> Voice2Json:

- only self trained phrases / no full STT
- some technical problems I could not solve
- node red plugins / implementations outdated
- project seems to get no more updates

WSL2 / Docker -\> Rhasspy:

- only self trained phrases / no full STT
- could not get it to work with Docker (sound recording)
- phrases definition outside node red

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [10 February 2023 13:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/searching-stt-alexa-like-solution-for-node-red/72077/2 "2023-02-10T13:24:04Z")

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