Rhasspy visual conversation helper

This application is supposed to work as a visual helper for Rhasspy conversations on setups that have a screen or even a touchscreen.

See more information and detailed instructions on https://server47.de/rhasspy/

Setup instructions

Download jar file

Download the jar file of the program and put it in a folder, e.g. under /home/pi/RhasspyVisualConversationTool

Make sure java is installed

which java should return something. If it doesn't install a java runtime environment, e.g. with apt install openjdk-11-jre

Configuration file

Create RhasspyVisualConversationTool-settings.ini with the following content:

language=de-DE
sslDebug=false
keystoreFilename=
keystorePassword=changeme

logFolderPath=/var/log/rhasspyVisualConversationTool
logLevel=5

mqttClientServerHostname=mqtt.yourServer.com
mqttClientServerPort=1883
mqttClientUseSsl=false
mqttClientUseAuthentication=false
mqttClientUsername=
mqttClientPassword=

siteId=

If you have set mqttClientUseSsl=true it's at least likely you have your own PKI. In that case create a java keystore and put your root certificate in it. Then save the keystore in the folder of the jar and config file and put its filename for keystoreFilename .

Create start script

I suggest to use this path: /home/pi/Desktop/startConversationTool.sh

Put this content into the file (adapt the folder if you changed it above):

#!/bin/bash

while(true)
do
        cd /home/pi/RhasspyVisualConversationTool/

        /usr/bin/java -jar /home/pi/RhasspyVisualConversationTool/RhasspyVisualConversationTool.jar

        sleep 5
done

Make it runnable: chmod 775 /home/pi/Desktop/startConversationTool.sh

Make the script autostart with the graphical user interface

Create this file: /home/pi/.config/autostart/conversationTool.desktop

with the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/home/pi/Desktop/startConversationTool.sh

Test run

When double-clicking your start script the app should come up and connect successfully.

Restart your Raspberry Pi to make sure the script comes up automatically.