Modeling a Custom Wake Word: A Guide for the Dazed, Confused, and Programming-Illiterate (Like Myself) I have recently become enamored with an open-source virtual assistant project, name of Mycroft. One of the advantages of this system, besides its focus on privacy and security, is that you can train your own wake word, as well as…

I am posting this guiding document that I wrote as part of my position on the Diversity and Belonging Committee of my children’s school. I’m posting this for a few reasons. One, I’m proud of the work I’ve done so far. Two, though, I want to be able to point at this document in the…