AI Secretary Desk Device Development
Budget: $3,000 – $5,000 USD
This project is about building a physical “AI Secretary” system that combines a premium desk device with ultra‑simple wireless buttons people can stick anywhere to reach the same assistant. The goal is not just a gadget, but a coherent hardware family that makes interacting with my AI models feel tangible, fast, and effortless.
At the center is the Desk Hub, a compact, high‑end box that lives on a desk like a small instrument. It has a small front display, a few physical buttons, a subtle light ring or LED bar, a microphone, and a speaker. Internally it runs on an ESP32‑class microcontroller with Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth. The Hub is always powered via USB‑C and always connected to my cloud backend, where all speech‑to‑text, language model processing, tools, and text‑to‑speech live. From the user’s perspective, they can press a button or say the wake word (for example “Hey Assistant”), speak naturally, and hear/see the assistant’s response. The screen shows short status messages like “Listening”, “Thinking”, “Reply sent to email”, or simple metrics like today’s calls or tasks.
At the center is the Desk Hub, a compact, high‑end box that lives on a desk like a small instrument. It has a small front display, a few physical buttons, a subtle light ring or LED bar, a microphone, and a speaker. Internally it runs on an ESP32‑class microcontroller with Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth. The Hub is always powered via USB‑C and always connected to my cloud backend, where all speech‑to‑text, language model processing, tools, and text‑to‑speech live. From the user’s perspective, they can press a button or say the wake word (for example “Hey Assistant”), speak naturally, and hear/see the assistant’s response. The screen shows short status messages like “Listening”, “Thinking”, “Reply sent to email”, or simple metrics like today’s calls or tasks.