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I'm looking for a better, more private solution to an intercom I have between the house and my barn. I have Ethernet run out there, and I currently use the "drop-in" feature on some Amazon echo devices. I'm looking to get away from the Amazon devices entirely (maybe implementing the pine speaker they announced?)

I don't have a lot of requirements, though VoIP would be preferred over a radio style, since it's a metal barn and blocks a lot of signals. I'm good with some self hosted solution, and ideally there's a dedicated device, as I don't want to use my phone or computer for it all the time. I'm probably missing some obvious solution, but figured I'd try to get some ideas together.

Thoughts?

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The ESP32 is a pretty versatile chip. Here's a walkie-talkie someone made from one

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Esp32 is very suitable but they jumped through a lot of hoops to recreate the ESP audio development boards you can buy for very little money with all of those parts already built in.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was just thinking of the likes of what you get for searching for esp32 audio kit on AliExpress. About us$12. Has microphones, amplifiers, buttons etc.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)