---
title: "Make your own Assist device"
related:
  - docs: /voice_control/best_practices/
    title: Best Practices
---

If you wish to develop your own Assist device here are some useful advices we can think of:

1. Make sure you understand the setup and implications of voice Assistants. For reference, we have  and we highly recommend you check the information in the [developers Portal](https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/voice/overview/).

2. Make sure your setup is going to work with enough quality when adding a voice assistant.

3. Check hardware options, some options we cover in the documentation are:
- [ATOM Echo](/voice_control/thirteen-usd-voice-remote/)
- [ESP32-S3-BOX devices](/voice_control/s3_box_voice_assistant/)
- For [landline setups](/voice_control/worlds-most-private-voice-assistant/) be sure to have [VOIP](/integrations/voip/)

1. Be sure you check all the addons implied in text-to-speech and speech-to-text, like the [Wyoming protocol](/integrations/wyoming/).