How I Built a Voice-Controlled Local AI Agent...

Introduction When I first read the assignment brief — "build a voice-controlled AI agent that runs locally" — it sounded simple. Record audio, transcribe it, do something with it. But as I started building, I realized there were a dozen small problems hiding inside that one big one. This article walks through the architecture I chose, the models I used, and the real challenges I faced along the way. What the System Does The agent accepts voice input (microphone or uploaded audio file), converts