diff --git a/buildroot-external/Config.in b/buildroot-external/Config.in
index d0ac975a..41916234 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/Config.in
+++ b/buildroot-external/Config.in
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ menu "Additional external python modules"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-adapt-parser/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-appdirs/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-astral/Config.in"
+	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-blinker/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-bs4/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-cachetools/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-casttube/Config.in"
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ menu "Additional external python modules"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-fann2/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-fasteners/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-feedparser/Config.in"
+	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-flask-mail/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-geocoder/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-gitdb/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-gitpython/Config.in"
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ menu "Additional external python modules"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-gtts_token/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-holidays/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-humanhash3/Config.in"
+	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-json-database/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-korean-lunar-calendar/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-lazy/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-levenshtein/Config.in"
@@ -124,6 +127,7 @@ menu "Additional external python modules"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-mycroft-messagebus-client/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-oauth2client/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-olefile/Config.in"
+	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-ovos-local-backend/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-ovos-utils/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-padaos/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-padatious/Config.in"
@@ -142,11 +146,13 @@ menu "Additional external python modules"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-pymplayer/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-pyxdg/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-ratelim/Config.in"
+	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-requests-cache/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-requests-futures/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-rsa/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-sgmllib3k/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-smmap/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-source/Config.in"
+	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-speech2text/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-speechrecognition/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-timezonefinder/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-tzlocal/Config.in"
@@ -162,4 +168,7 @@ menu "Mycroft A.I. Personal Assistant"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/mycroft-gui/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/mycroft-service/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/mycroft-splash/Config.in"
+menu "Mycroft A.I. Plugins"
+	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium/Config.in"
+endmenu
 endmenu
diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig
index d186efa2..98aae3b4 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig
@@ -522,9 +522,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ASTRAL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_COLOUR=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_COVERALLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_DEPRECATED=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_FASTENERS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_FEEDPARSER=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GEOCODER=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GOOGLE_API_PYTHON_CLIENT=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GTTS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_HOLIDAYS=y
@@ -536,6 +534,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MSK=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MYCROFT_MESSAGEBUS_CLIENT=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_OAUTH2CLIENT=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_OLEFILE=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_OVOS_LOCAL_BACKEND=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_OVOS_UTILS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PADATIOUS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PAKO=y
@@ -546,13 +545,11 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_POCKETSPHINX=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PRECISE_RUNNER=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYCHROMECAST=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYMPLAYER=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYXDG=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_REQUESTS_CACHE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_REQUESTS_FUTURES=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SGMLLIB3K=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SMMAP=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SOURCE=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SPEECHRECOGNITION=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TIMEZONEFINDER=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TZLOCAL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_VLC=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_XMLRUNNER=y
@@ -560,3 +557,4 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MYCROFT=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_MYCROFT_EMBEDDED_SHELL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_MYCROFT_GUI=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_MYCROFT_SERVICE=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_JARBAS_STT_PLUGIN_CHROMIUM=y
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-blinker/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-blinker/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6058411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-blinker/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_BLINKER
+	bool "python-blinker"
+	help
+	  Fast, simple object-to-object and broadcast signaling.
+
+	  http://pythonhosted.org/blinker/
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-blinker/python-blinker.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-blinker/python-blinker.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cdb8a6c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-blinker/python-blinker.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/blinker/json
+md5  8b3722381f83c2813c52de3016b68d33  blinker-1.4.tar.gz
+sha256  471aee25f3992bd325afa3772f1063dbdbbca947a041b8b89466dc00d606f8b6  blinker-1.4.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  ee99a909e1b04f53f3d49383e6462ba268cf49388bb3a657455dac9e38cdf0ea  LICENSE
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-blinker/python-blinker.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-blinker/python-blinker.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a374de26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-blinker/python-blinker.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-blinker
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_BLINKER_VERSION = 1.4
+PYTHON_BLINKER_SOURCE = blinker-$(PYTHON_BLINKER_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_BLINKER_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1b/51/e2a9f3b757eb802f61dc1f2b09c8c99f6eb01cf06416c0671253536517b6
+PYTHON_BLINKER_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_BLINKER_LICENSE = MIT
+PYTHON_BLINKER_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(python-package))
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/Config.in
index 0a4ba1f8..c1d8d5af 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/Config.in
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_FASTENERS
 	bool "python-fasteners"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SIX # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MONOTONIC # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SIX # runtime
 	help
 	  A python package that provides useful locks.
 
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/python-fasteners.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/python-fasteners.hash
index 6633dcb1..4c428bfd 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/python-fasteners.hash
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/python-fasteners.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/fasteners/json
-md5	fcb13261c9b0039d9b1c4feb9bc75e04  fasteners-0.14.1.tar.gz
-sha256	427c76773fe036ddfa41e57d89086ea03111bbac57c55fc55f3006d027107e18  fasteners-0.14.1.tar.gz
+md5  35f400771864c68145fb3a0b47ec99db  fasteners-0.16.tar.gz
+sha256  c995d8c26b017c5d6a6de9ad29a0f9cdd57de61ae1113d28fac26622b06a0933  fasteners-0.16.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
-sha256	d2de2f566d2d0e0b509fb0ea1fa3669f49064ab1de21c57453cab3750a234e8f  LICENSE
+sha256  d2de2f566d2d0e0b509fb0ea1fa3669f49064ab1de21c57453cab3750a234e8f  LICENSE
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/python-fasteners.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/python-fasteners.mk
index e8bdacd0..b3d4b321 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/python-fasteners.mk
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-fasteners/python-fasteners.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_FASTENERS_VERSION = 0.14.1
+PYTHON_FASTENERS_VERSION = 0.16
 PYTHON_FASTENERS_SOURCE = fasteners-$(PYTHON_FASTENERS_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_FASTENERS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f4/6f/41b835c9bf69b03615630f8a6f6d45dafbec95eb4e2bb816638f043552b2
+PYTHON_FASTENERS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d1/8f/a6c06f9bce5691a40283e52b92ec1522d6863951e738a31b109bf6bf2002
 PYTHON_FASTENERS_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_FASTENERS_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PYTHON_FASTENERS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-flask-mail/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-flask-mail/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2923c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-flask-mail/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_FLASK_MAIL
+	bool "python-flask-mail"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_BLINKER # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_FLASK # runtime
+	help
+	  Flask extension for sending email.
+
+	  https://github.com/rduplain/flask-mail
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-flask-mail/python-flask-mail.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-flask-mail/python-flask-mail.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6529cfeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-flask-mail/python-flask-mail.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/Flask-Mail/json
+md5  04b35a42a44ec7aa724ec8ce55e2e08e  Flask-Mail-0.9.1.tar.gz
+sha256  22e5eb9a940bf407bcf30410ecc3708f3c56cc44b29c34e1726fe85006935f41  Flask-Mail-0.9.1.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  e119be7385b7c84a6c0803685aabe6cad3363d448577b6ed0cb77f4a955b1054  LICENSE
+sha256  9c1e620a5cf8e74fe81c1fd4c55e9cc0b189fc04e677cfc7ef915de746c3f59e  docs/_themes/LICENSE
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-flask-mail/python-flask-mail.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-flask-mail/python-flask-mail.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..565368b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-flask-mail/python-flask-mail.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-flask-mail
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_FLASK_MAIL_VERSION = 0.9.1
+PYTHON_FLASK_MAIL_SOURCE = Flask-Mail-$(PYTHON_FLASK_MAIL_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_FLASK_MAIL_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/05/2f/6a545452040c2556559779db87148d2a85e78a26f90326647b51dc5e81e9
+PYTHON_FLASK_MAIL_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_FLASK_MAIL_LICENSE = FIXME: license id couldn't be detected, BSD-3-Clause
+PYTHON_FLASK_MAIL_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE docs/_themes/LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(python-package))
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00db487f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_JARBAS_STT_PLUGIN_CHROMIUM
+	bool "python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_REQUESTS # runtime
+	help
+	  A stt plugin for mycroft using the google chrome browser
+	  api.
+
+	  https://github.com/JarbasLingua/jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..551cc926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium/json
+md5  377d95b10e54668742403462e98b0827  jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium-0.1.3.tar.gz
+sha256  4e6349aabdfd242dbca085d7dd74d2c27a9d6053642c2cea3e9dff7f3c93a3af  jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium-0.1.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9541a9c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium/python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_JARBAS_STT_PLUGIN_CHROMIUM_VERSION = 0.1.3
+PYTHON_JARBAS_STT_PLUGIN_CHROMIUM_SOURCE = jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium-$(PYTHON_JARBAS_STT_PLUGIN_CHROMIUM_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_JARBAS_STT_PLUGIN_CHROMIUM_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0c/6c/b7fc257c7cf886d0b9a286682b3631c65adaac64f2f9a7d8d4263ff4664f
+PYTHON_JARBAS_STT_PLUGIN_CHROMIUM_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+
+$(eval $(python-package))
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-json-database/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-json-database/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8dc85b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-json-database/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_JSON_DATABASE
+	bool "python-json-database"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_FASTENERS # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYXDG # runtime
+	help
+	  searchable json database with persistence.
+
+	  https://github.com/HelloChatterbox/json_database
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-json-database/python-json-database.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-json-database/python-json-database.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b327d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-json-database/python-json-database.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/json-database/json
+md5  4d24414c6cf394fbc75ad37297a88351  json_database-0.5.2.tar.gz
+sha256  822ddf0525f5c09de85846d210a6775fba82094d3378fa7352511b5d1f0d1b09  json_database-0.5.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-json-database/python-json-database.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-json-database/python-json-database.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99a73767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-json-database/python-json-database.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-json-database
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_JSON_DATABASE_VERSION = 0.5.2
+PYTHON_JSON_DATABASE_SOURCE = json_database-$(PYTHON_JSON_DATABASE_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_JSON_DATABASE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e1/f0/3a50ed9deed6b55697e30d874605900a5694e8653b9d9747597b1a670dee
+PYTHON_JSON_DATABASE_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+
+$(eval $(python-package))
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-monotonic/python-monotonic.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-monotonic/python-monotonic.hash
index 3a6c2187..222120e8 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-monotonic/python-monotonic.hash
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-monotonic/python-monotonic.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/monotonic/json
-md5	9f81cb0e5966479754453dea2b6822f4  monotonic-1.5.tar.gz
-sha256	23953d55076df038541e648a53676fb24980f7a1be290cdda21300b3bc21dfb0  monotonic-1.5.tar.gz
+md5  9f81cb0e5966479754453dea2b6822f4  monotonic-1.5.tar.gz
+sha256  23953d55076df038541e648a53676fb24980f7a1be290cdda21300b3bc21dfb0  monotonic-1.5.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
-sha256	cb5e8e7e5f4a3988e1063c142c60dc2df75605f4c46515e776e3aca6df976e14  LICENSE
+sha256  cb5e8e7e5f4a3988e1063c142c60dc2df75605f4c46515e776e3aca6df976e14  LICENSE
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-local-backend/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-local-backend/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f9e6abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-local-backend/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_OVOS_LOCAL_BACKEND
+	bool "python-ovos-local-backend"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_FLASK # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_FLASK_MAIL # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GEOCODER # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_JSON_DATABASE # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYOPENSSL # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_REQUESTS # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SPEECH2TEXT # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TIMEZONEFINDER # runtime
+	help
+	  Personal mycroft backend alternative to mycroft.home, 
+	  written in flask
+
+	  https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/OVOS-local-backend
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-local-backend/python-ovos-local-backend.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-local-backend/python-ovos-local-backend.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3d62357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-local-backend/python-ovos-local-backend.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/
+sha256  acd597e4f07a0563bbb6eddc850d1aacfc28ad7695da81c416d4af4a14b87f01  ovos-local-backend-0.1.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-local-backend/python-ovos-local-backend.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-local-backend/python-ovos-local-backend.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fe5bb88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-local-backend/python-ovos-local-backend.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-ovos-local-backend
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_OVOS_LOCAL_BACKEND_VERSION = 0.1.0
+PYTHON_OVOS_LOCAL_BACKEND_SOURCE = ovos-local-backend-$(PYTHON_OVOS_LOCAL_BACKEND_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_OVOS_LOCAL_BACKEND_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b6/b9/18c2f9961fa4baa5afaac0387ec85bc1ae6fef82bbeac335c4c6b9c8ec10
+PYTHON_OVOS_LOCAL_BACKEND_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+
+$(eval $(python-package))
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-requests-cache/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-requests-cache/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b39e3f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-requests-cache/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_REQUESTS_CACHE
+	bool "python-requests-cache"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_REQUESTS # runtime
+	help
+	  Persistent cache for requests library.
+
+	  https://github.com/reclosedev/requests-cache
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-requests-cache/python-requests-cache.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-requests-cache/python-requests-cache.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..094ac45a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-requests-cache/python-requests-cache.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/requests_cache/json
+md5  f2fc5a03c5c06496d9d360b1e54f6ea0  requests-cache-0.5.2.tar.gz
+sha256  813023269686045f8e01e2289cc1e7e9ae5ab22ddd1e2849a9093ab3ab7270eb  requests-cache-0.5.2.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  de03298501b3210688994ba5c2eb8d90c53bb8cd4928e218e1105638108957bb  LICENSE
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-requests-cache/python-requests-cache.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-requests-cache/python-requests-cache.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9773d0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-requests-cache/python-requests-cache.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-requests-cache
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_REQUESTS_CACHE_VERSION = 0.5.2
+PYTHON_REQUESTS_CACHE_SOURCE = requests-cache-$(PYTHON_REQUESTS_CACHE_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_REQUESTS_CACHE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0c/d4/bdc22aad6979ceeea2638297f213108aeb5e25c7b103fa02e4acbe43992e
+PYTHON_REQUESTS_CACHE_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_REQUESTS_CACHE_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause
+PYTHON_REQUESTS_CACHE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(python-package))
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-speech2text/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-speech2text/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3abedd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-speech2text/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SPEECH2TEXT
+	bool "python-speech2text"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_REQUESTS # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SPEECHRECOGNITION # runtime
+	help
+	  Mycroft STT engine wrappers.
+
+	  https://github.com/JarbasAl/speech2text
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-speech2text/python-speech2text.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-speech2text/python-speech2text.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d09c8964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-speech2text/python-speech2text.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/speech2text/json
+md5  73dd0ae7986ff2ff76afdad47479f3df  speech2text-0.2.1.tar.gz
+sha256  cb7ac7602d76707eadb3817e99714619b5b13e5b467ce07204c0538cbfc5b7de  speech2text-0.2.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-speech2text/python-speech2text.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-speech2text/python-speech2text.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..631214a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-speech2text/python-speech2text.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-speech2text
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_SPEECH2TEXT_VERSION = 0.2.1
+PYTHON_SPEECH2TEXT_SOURCE = speech2text-$(PYTHON_SPEECH2TEXT_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_SPEECH2TEXT_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a2/d9/de3f72dfc604a73a3e9b3e69c42de5cb9662e69c677e7914a4d89b528840
+PYTHON_SPEECH2TEXT_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+
+$(eval $(python-package))
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.config/json_database/mycroft_backend.json b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.config/json_database/mycroft_backend.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89a65411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.config/json_database/mycroft_backend.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "stt": { "module": "google"},
+  "backend_port": 6712,
+  "geolocate": true,
+  "override_location": false,
+  "api_version": "v1",
+  "data_path": "~",
+  "record_utterances": false,
+  "record_wakewords": false,
+  "wolfram_key": "Y7R353-9HQAAL8KKA",
+  "owm_key": "28fed22898afd4717ce5a1535da1f78c"
+}
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/README b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7f79317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/README
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+US English model for mobile Vosk applications
+
+Copyright 2020 Alpha Cephei Inc
+
+Accuracy: 10.38 (tedlium test) 9.85 (librispeech test-clean)
+Speed: 0.11xRT (desktop)
+Latency: 0.15s (right context)
+
+
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/am/final.mdl b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/am/final.mdl
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diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/conf/mfcc.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/conf/mfcc.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eaa40c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/conf/mfcc.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--sample-frequency=16000
+--use-energy=false
+--num-mel-bins=40
+--num-ceps=40
+--low-freq=20
+--high-freq=7600
+--allow-downsample=true
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/conf/model.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/conf/model.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d5b0da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/conf/model.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--min-active=200
+--max-active=3000
+--beam=10.0
+--lattice-beam=2.0
+--acoustic-scale=1.0
+--frame-subsampling-factor=3
+--endpoint.silence-phones=1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8:9:10
+--endpoint.rule2.min-trailing-silence=0.5
+--endpoint.rule3.min-trailing-silence=0.75
+--endpoint.rule4.min-trailing-silence=1.0
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/graph/Gr.fst b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/graph/Gr.fst
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diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/graph/HCLr.fst b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/graph/HCLr.fst
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new file mode 100644
index 00000000..762fd5f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/graph/disambig_tid.int
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+10015
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diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/graph/phones/word_boundary.int b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/graph/phones/word_boundary.int
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df23fd7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/graph/phones/word_boundary.int
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+1 nonword
+2 begin
+3 end
+4 internal
+5 singleton
+6 nonword
+7 begin
+8 end
+9 internal
+10 singleton
+11 begin
+12 end
+13 internal
+14 singleton
+15 begin
+16 end
+17 internal
+18 singleton
+19 begin
+20 end
+21 internal
+22 singleton
+23 begin
+24 end
+25 internal
+26 singleton
+27 begin
+28 end
+29 internal
+30 singleton
+31 begin
+32 end
+33 internal
+34 singleton
+35 begin
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+37 internal
+38 singleton
+39 begin
+40 end
+41 internal
+42 singleton
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+44 end
+45 internal
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+49 internal
+50 singleton
+51 begin
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+53 internal
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+55 begin
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+63 begin
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+65 internal
+66 singleton
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+69 internal
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+73 internal
+74 singleton
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+101 internal
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+165 internal
+166 singleton
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diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/ivector/global_cmvn.stats b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/ivector/global_cmvn.stats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9d92efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/ivector/global_cmvn.stats
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ [
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+  1.741141e+13 8.92488e+11 8.743834e+11 8.848896e+11 1.190313e+12 1.160279e+12 1.300066e+12 1.005678e+12 9.39335e+11 8.089614e+11 7.927041e+11 6.882427e+11 6.444235e+11 5.151451e+11 4.825723e+11 3.210106e+11 2.720254e+11 1.772539e+11 1.248102e+11 6.691599e+10 3.599804e+10 1.207574e+10 1.679301e+09 4.594778e+08 5.821614e+09 1.451758e+10 2.55803e+10 3.43277e+10 4.245286e+10 4.784859e+10 4.988591e+10 4.925451e+10 5.074584e+10 4.9557e+10 4.407876e+10 3.421443e+10 3.138606e+10 2.539716e+10 1.948134e+10 1.381167e+10 0 ]
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/ivector/online_cmvn.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/ivector/online_cmvn.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7748a4a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/ivector/online_cmvn.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# configuration file for apply-cmvn-online, used in the script ../local/run_online_decoding.sh
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/ivector/splice.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/ivector/splice.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..960cd2e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.local/share/vosk/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15/ivector/splice.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--left-context=3
+--right-context=3
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/opt/mycroft/skills/skill-ovos-pairing b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/opt/mycroft/skills/skill-ovos-pairing
index d8fea7c1..6950c592 160000
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/opt/mycroft/skills/skill-ovos-pairing
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/opt/mycroft/skills/skill-ovos-pairing
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d8fea7c156fc91043d0782de94d5c348c12b71d7
+Subproject commit 6950c592735f4082ce8ac2f7f0be5835d96b0979
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/10-ovos.preset b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/10-ovos.preset
index 4d8e46f7..809526f8 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/10-ovos.preset
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/10-ovos.preset
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ enable mycroft-skills.service
 enable mycroft-enclosure.service
 enable mycroft-gui.service
 enable ovos-splash-quit.service
+enable local-backend.service
 
 disable getty@.service
 disable mosquitto.service
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/local-backend.service b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/local-backend.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e627f677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/local-backend.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=OVOS Local Backend
+
+[Service]
+User=mycroft
+WorkingDirectory=/home/mycroft 
+ExecStart=ovos-local-backend
+StandardOutput=file:/var/log/mycroft/local-backend.log
+StandardError=file:/var/log/mycroft/local-backend.error.log
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target