Presented by

  • Kit Biggs

    Kit Biggs
    @unixbigot
    http://accelerando.com.au

    Christopher "Kit" Biggs has been into Open Systems since the early 90s and was there at the birth of Linux and 386BSD. Their interest in electronics and connected devices goes back even further. They are also convenor of the Brisbane Internet of Things interest group, and have presented at conferences and user groups around Australia and internationally. Kit operates a boutique incubator, makerspace and IoT consultancy in Brisbane, Australia. In their spare time they build and blog Internet Things with their family, mentor small humans and small companies, and add to the growing Internet of Things.

Abstract

2023 was the "year of voice" in the open source home-automation world. In 2024 I took stock of the leading edge in open source voice interactions, focusing on solutions that do NOT require a cloud service. The state of the art moves fast, this talk looks at what's hot this year, and what voice interfaces I've built over the last year. Caution the words "go go gadget *bodypart*" may be involved.