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CrankGPT is an offline AI box for the apocalypse

CrankGPT is a fully offline AI box powered by a hand crank, running speech recognition, a small language model, and text-to-speech locally on a single-board computer without battery or internet. It allows users to crank, speak, and receive spoken answers, designed for scenarios where connectivity is unavailable.

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CrankGPT is a fully offline AI box that you power by turning a crank. There's no battery and no internet connection: just a single-board computer (Raspberry or Orange Pi) that runs speech recognition, a small language model, and text-to-speech locally. Crank, speak, and get a spoken answer back. — Read the rest

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