anubhavmalhotra/r2d2-tv
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What it is
A set of tools for webOS TVs that provides a local home screen, a private remote browser streamed from a Linux host running Chromium, and push-to-talk voice commands processed by local speech and intent models on the host. It requires root access to the TV and modifies vendor…
Who it's for
Developers and advanced users with root access to a webOS TV and a Linux aarch64 host with a CUDA GPU
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python3 tools/build.py --config config.local.json --output dist/local --include-testsFrom its README. Check it there before running it.
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