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Real-Time Conversational AI Avatar

Experimental deployment of a local conversational stack on an ARM VM.

AIOllamaDockerARM
OPENTALKING
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Context

Explore a conversational avatar while reducing dependency on external APIs.

02

Problem

Hosted solutions can add recurring costs and external dependencies.

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Solution

Containerized deployment of a conversational engine and local LLM on an ARM VM.

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Key lesson

Compute constraints should be measured early when sizing a real-time demo.

Under the hood

How the project actually works

Architecture, constraints, deliverables and real impact.

01 AI
02 Ollama
03 Docker
04 ARM
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Impact

Compute constraints should be measured early when sizing a real-time demo.

Designed for real-world use
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What this project demonstrates

I start from the problem and business flow, then aim for an observable, testable and maintainable solution rather than a demo effect.