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Introducing Mycroft Core

by ldlework on 5/20/16, 9:27 PM with 1 comments

• by coldtea on 5/20/16, 9:39 PM

  >We are pleased to announce that Mycroft Core 0.6 Alpha is available for download today. Mycroft Core is a lightweight, portable piece of software written in Python. You can run it on anything from a Raspberry Pi to a gaming rig. Mycroft Core includes Adapt, Mimic, OpenSTT, and multiple open APIs to create an experience that allows users to interact with their technology using the most natural form of human communication – speech.

  I whole paragraph in, and I -- a programmer, who has worked with text-to-speech APIs AND Python for years-- still don't know what the duck this is.

  Imagine the average programmer or layman.

  "Mycroft Core is a lightweight, portable piece of software written in Python."

  Wrong. I don't care what language it's written in, nor whether it's lightweight or portable, until I know what it is.

  Better: "Mycroft Core is an XXX. It is portable and lightweight piece of software written in Python"