Google AIY Project

The Event:
The Google AIY Voice Kit provides the developer with hardware and
software to develop an intelligent speaker with voice recognition
using Google Assistant.
This Raspberry Pi 3/AIY Google Voice Kit Class will teach the initial setup
and configuration of the AIY Voice Kit with a Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+

About this Event:
Raspberry Pi 3/AIY Google Voice Kit Class. This class will cover setting up
the Raspberry Pi 3/3B+ and assembling the AIY Google Voice Kit. Initial setup
and configuration of the RPi 3/3B+, connecting to our WiFi, getting your
Google API key and configuring the Voice Kit. 

Micro Center has the AIY Google Voice Kit v1 for $4.99 (limit 5)
http://www.microcenter.com/product/483414/aiy-voice-kit

Tanner Electronics has a basic RPi3B+ kit available for ~$75
RPi3B+ is $40
Case is $10
PS is $10
16GB microSD is $14

A monitor will be needed to initially setup the device.  Once an
IP address is available, VNC can be used to interact with the Pi.

I will have some Raspberry Pis available for the class, as well
as a few Google AIY Voice Kits.
The voice kits are available for purchase $5.00

Special Considerations and Warnings
You will need the following hardware:
* AIY Google Voice Kit ($4.99 Micro Center)
* Raspberry Pi 3B or 3B+
* 8 or 16GB (or larger) microSD card (class 10)
* Raspberry Pi Power Supply
* USB Keyboard
* USB Mouse
* Monitor with power cord
* HDMI cable to connect Raspberry Pi to Monitor

There will be a few standard monitors/keyboards/mice available,
but bring your own if you can.

What does AIY stand for?  Artificial Intelligence Yourself
What does it do?
The AIY Voice Kit from Google lets you build your own natural language processor
and connect it to the Google Assistant or Cloud Speech-to-Text service,
allowing you to ask questions and issue voice commands to your programs.
All of this fits in a handy little cardboard cube, powered by a Raspberry Pi.

Helpful links:
https://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/voice/
https://howtoraspberrypi.com/recover-password-raspberry-pi/  (yes, I forgot my password...)