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"Computer" voice trigger → /ask → Ray-Bans

Research recommendation, 2026-05-21. Task #6 from the running list. Ship-target: tonight.

RECOMMENDATION: AutoVoice Pro ($3.99) + Tasker

Wake phrase Computer → AutoVoice grabs the follow-up → Tasker POSTs to /ask → system TTS speaks the response over A2DP to the Ray-Bans. Same delivery pattern as the proven 7 AM brief.

Why

AutoVoice is the only Tasker-native, battery-friendly, always-listening wake-word path that doesn't put Google Assistant in front of Claude. Your stack is already Tasker-centered (the 7 AM brief profile is the proven pattern). Picovoice Porcupine is technically cleaner but needs a custom Android wrapper and a JS binding to bridge into Tasker — that's a half-day, not five minutes. Free AutoVoice caps commands at 4 characters after the trial, so the $3.99 unlock is the actual line item, not the base install.

The 5-min ship path

  1. Install AutoVoice from Play Store (free shell) on Pixel 8 Pro.
  2. In-app upgrade to AutoVoice Pro ($3.99 IAP) — required for custom wake words and unlimited commands.
  3. Enable the AutoVoice Recognition background service; set wake phrase = Computer. Continuous listening ON, "use Google offline recognition" ON (keeps it off Google servers).
  4. New Tasker profile: Event → Plugin → AutoVoice Recognized, filter Command Filter = Computer (.*) with regex on. %avcommnofilter captures the follow-up.
  5. Linked task Computer Ask:
  6. Test: say "Computer, what did I do today?" Confirm spoken answer in Ray-Bans within ~3s.
ntfy is reserved as the fallback delivery channel. Primary is direct TTS over the already-connected A2DP — identical to the 7 AM brief, one less moving part, no extra subscription topic to leak.

What I need from you (one thing)

Approve the $3.99 AutoVoice Pro IAP. One tap on the Pixel after I install the free shell via Play Store. I drive everything else — the install, the Tasker profile, the bearer-token wiring, the end-to-end test.

Fallback

If AutoVoice's recognition service gets killed by Pixel 8 Pro's aggressive doze (it sometimes does on Android 14+), the drop-in alternative is the Hotword Plugin for Tasker (nl.jolanrensen.hotwordPlugin, free, on-device Vosk). Heavier battery, but no Google round-trip and no IAP — same Tasker profile shape (Event → Plugin → Hotword), same /ask POST. If even Hotword struggles, escalate to a Picovoice Porcupine-based custom APK — the right-answer durable path, but a full session of work, not tonight's ship.

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