Default Skills overview

A non-exhaustive list of skills available for OpenVoiceOS, these might be available out of the box or not depending on how you installed OVOS

ovos-skill-alerts.openvoiceos

A skill to manage alarms, timers, reminders, events and todos and optionally sync them with a CalDAV service.

Usage examples:

  • What are my reminders?
  • Cancel all reminders.
  • When is my next alarm?
  • Schedule a tennis event for 2 PM on friday spanning 2 hours.
  • What did I miss?
  • remind me to take out the trash every Thursday and Sunday at 7 PM.
  • Start a bread timer for 30 minutes.
  • Did I miss anything?
  • Set an alarm for 8 AM.
  • Set a daily alarm for 8 AM.

ovos-skill-cmd.forslund

No description available

Usage examples:

  • run script ___
  • launch command ___

ovos-skill-confucius-quotes.openvoiceos

Quotes from Confucius

Usage examples:

  • Quote from Confucius
  • When did Confucius die
  • When was Confucius born
  • Who is Confucius

ovos-skill-days-in-history.openvoiceos

Provides historical events for today or any other calendar day using information pulled from Wikipedia.

Usage examples:

  • who died today in history?
  • who was born today in history?
  • What historical events happened on June 16th?
  • Tell me about events in history on December 12th
  • What happened today in history?

ovos-skill-dictation.openvoiceos

continuously transcribes user speech to text file while enabled

Usage examples:

  • start dictation
  • end dictation

ovos-skill-ip.openvoiceos

Network connection information

Usage examples:

  • What's your IP address?
  • What's your network address?
  • Tell me your network address
  • What network are you connected to?
  • Tell me your IP address

ovos-skill-iss-location.openvoiceos

Track the location of the ISS

Usage examples:

  • When is the ISS passing over
  • Where is the ISS
  • Tell me about the IS
  • how many persons on board of the space station
  • Who is on board of the space station?

ovos-skill-moviemaster.openvoiceos

Find information about movies, actors, and production details. Easily find information about a movie with your voice.

Usage examples:

  • What are popular movies playing now?
  • Tell me about the movie _
  • What genres does the flick _ belong to?
  • Who plays in the movie _?
  • How long is the movie _?
  • Look for information on the movie _.
  • Do you have info on the film _?
  • What is the movie _ about?
  • What are the highest rated movies out?
  • When was the movie _ made?

ovos-skill-number-facts.openvoiceos

Facts about numbers

Usage examples:

  • random number trivia
  • trivia about next week
  • trivia about tomorrow
  • fact about number 666
  • fact about yesterday
  • curiosity about year 1992
  • math fact about number 7

ovos-skill-personal.openvoiceos

Learn history and personality of the assistant. Ask about the 'birth' and parentage of the voice assistant and get a taste of the community who is fostering this open source artificial intelligence.

Usage examples:

  • Where were you born?
  • What are you?
  • When were you created?
  • Who made you?

ovos-skill-pyradios.openvoiceos

a client for the client for the Radio Browser API

Usage examples:

  • play tsf jazz on pyradios
  • play tsf jazz radio

ovos-skill-speedtest.openvoiceos

runs an internet bandwidth test using speedtest.net

Usage examples:

  • run a speedtest

ovos-skill-wikihow.openvoiceos

How to do nearly everything.

Usage examples:

  • how do i get my dog to stop barking
  • how to boil an egg

skill-ovos-audio-recording.openvoiceos

No description available

Usage examples:

  • new recording named {name}
  • start recording
  • start a recording called {name}
  • start a new audio recording called {name}
  • begin recording

skill-ovos-boot-finished.openvoiceos

The Finished Booting skill provides notifications when OpenVoiceOS has fully started and all core services are ready

Usage examples:

  • Disable ready notifications.
  • Is the system ready?
  • Enable ready notifications.

skill-ovos-date-time.openvoiceos

Get the time, date, day of the week

Usage examples:

  • What time is it?
  • Tell me the day of the week
  • What day is Memorial Day 2020?
  • What's the date?
  • Show me the time
  • How many days until July 4th
  • What time is it in Paris?

skill-ovos-ddg.openvoiceos

Use DuckDuckGo to answer questions.

Usage examples:

  • ask the duck about the big bang
  • when was stephen hawking born
  • who is elon musk

skill-ovos-hello-world.openvoiceos

Introductory Skill so that Skill Authors can see how an OVOS Skill is put together

Usage examples:

  • Hello world
  • Thank you
  • How are you?

skill-ovos-icanhazdadjokes.openvoiceos

Brighten your day with dad humor. Laughter is not guaranteed, but eye rolls are likely.

Usage examples:

  • Can you tell jokes?
  • Make me laugh.
  • Do you know any Chuck Norris jokes?
  • Tell me a joke about dentists.
  • Say a joke.
  • Tell me a joke.
  • Do you know any jokes?

skill-ovos-local-media.openvoiceos

Local Media File Browser For Open Voice OS

Usage examples:

  • open my file browser
  • show my file browser
  • show my usb drive
  • start usb browser app
  • show my usb
  • show file browser app
  • show file browser
  • open usb
  • start usb browser
  • open my usb

skill-ovos-naptime.openvoiceos

Put the assistant to sleep when you don't want to be disturbed.

Usage examples:

  • Nap time
  • Wake up
  • Go to sleep

skill-ovos-news.openvoiceos

News streams from around the globe.

Usage examples:

  • play npr news
  • play news in spanish
  • play euronews
  • play the news
  • play portuguese news
  • play catalan news

skill-ovos-parrot.openvoiceos

Turn OpenVoiceOS into a echoing parrot! Make OVOS repeat whatever you want.

Usage examples:

  • Tell me what I just said.
  • say Goodnight, Gracie
  • speak I can say anything you'd like!
  • start parrot
  • repeat Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore
  • Repeat what you just said
  • What did I just say?
  • Can you repeat that?
  • stop parrot
  • Repeat that

skill-ovos-somafm.openvoiceos

No description available

Usage examples:

  • play soma fm radio
  • play metal detector
  • play secret agent

skill-ovos-spelling.openvoiceos

No description available

Usage examples:

  • How do you spell bureacracy?
  • How do you spell aardvark?
  • Spell omnipotence
  • Spell succotash

skill-ovos-volume.openvoiceos

Control the volume of OVOS with verbal commands

Usage examples:

  • unmute volume
  • volume low
  • mute audio
  • volume to high level
  • reset volume
  • volume to high
  • volume level low
  • toggle audio
  • low volume
  • set volume to maximum

skill-ovos-weather.openvoiceos

Get weather conditions, forecasts, expected precipitation and more! You can also ask for other cities around the world. Current conditions and weather forecasts come from OpenMeteo

Usage examples:

  • What's the temperature in Paris tomorrow in Celsius?
  • When will it rain next?
  • What's the high temperature tomorrow
  • Is it going to snow in Baltimore?
  • what is the weather like?
  • How windy is it?
  • What is the weather this weekend?
  • What is the weather in Houston?
  • Will it be cold on Tuesday
  • What's the temperature?

skill-ovos-wikipedia.openvoiceos

Query Wikipedia for answers to all your questions. Get just a summary, or ask for more to get in-depth information.

Usage examples:

  • Search for chocolate
  • More information
  • Tell me about beans
  • Tell me More
  • Tell me about the Pembroke Welsh Corgi
  • Check Wikipedia for beans
  • Tell me about Elon Musk

skill-ovos-wolfie.openvoiceos

Use Wolfram Alpha for general knowledge questions.

Usage examples:

  • How tall is Mount Everest?
  • What's 18 times 4?
  • How many inches in a meter?
  • What is Madonna's real name?
  • When was The Rocky Horror Picture Show released?
  • ask the wolf what is the speed of light

skill-ovos-wordnet.openvoiceos

Use Wordnet to answer dictionary-like questions.

Usage examples:

  • what is the definition of ...
  • what is the antonym of ...