Parlor: Open-Source On-Device Multimodal AI for Real-Time Voice and Vision Conversations
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Summary
Parlor is an open-source, on-device multimodal AI system that enables real-time voice and vision conversations entirely on local machines. The project uses Gemma 4 E2B for speech and vision understanding and Kokoro for text-to-speech, allowing users to have natural conversations with AI without cloud dependencies. It's currently in research preview with rough edges, created by a developer who previously built a free voice AI for English learning that serves hundreds of monthly active users.
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Parlor uses Gemma 4 E2B for understanding speech and vision, and Kokoro for text-to-speech. You talk, show your camera, and it talks back, all locally.
Research preview. This is an early experiment. Expect rough edges and bugs.
I'm self-hosting a totally free voice AI on my home server to help people learn speaking English. It has hundreds of monthly active users.
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