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Wake Word Customization

Hey all,

I posted this in Discord but it might not be the best place for a question.


Hi all, new to the Genie community but I did try it out as Almond on my HomeAssistant a while ago and was fairly impressed but the option for a separate smart speaker wasn’t as refined as it is today with the Genie client (something I have built and have running for most of today).

I have a question, if I recall correctly, we could choose the “wake word” when this was Almond. Not sure that is a setting/option for Genie but it’d be great if we could change the “wake word”. My reasoning and ask comes with a real challenge, Genie is very similar to my wife’s name Janine. Either I don’t speak clearly enough but when I say “Hey Janine” or “Hey Genie” it triggers. You can guess how fun the last few hours have been at our household. Is there a way to use a different wake word or configure one?

Any help would be greatly appreciated :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks