The Orange Pi is a SoC (Single Board Computer) that is similar to a Raspberry Pi. They are so many different versions that is can be confusing figuring out which Orange Pi is right for your project. The official Orange Pi website does not have a compare feature, and there is not a good list…
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Kaldi Speech Recognition Install on Ubuntu
I’m working on a little Raspberry Pi project and I hope to add some simple verbal commands to it. I’m currently playing around with some Open Source Speech/Voice Recognition tools (Also known as Speech To Text or SST). My goal is to adapt the VoxForge to the voices of my family. First I tried Pocketsphinx…
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Configure USB Webcam Microphone on RASPBIAN JESSIE I had a Microsoft LifeCam HD 3000 laying around so decided to use it on a Raspberry Pi project. The webcam is Plug and Play, but the microphone does not work by default. Goal: I wanted the default audio input to be the Built-In Webcam Mic, and the…
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Fixing Sudo in Fedora Core Here’s how to get SUDO working in Fedora Core Linux Senerio/Problem So you just installed a fresh copy of Fedora Core Linux. Everyone knows you aren’t supposed to use root (Don’t they?). During the installation you created a new user named superman. You finish the install, and logon as…
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i386 i486 i586 i686 x86-64 IA-64 CPU, Processor, Architecture, i386, i486, i586, i686, x86-64, IA-64 Do I have an i386, i486, i586, or i686 processor? Is my CPU 32-Bit or 64-Bit? I have been asked these types of questions many times, especially when it comes to Linux because some rpm and deb packages are optimized…
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