397) Birbbot. Entice birds to your bird table with this convincing facsimile of an avian pal. #SmallRobotsRemastered
Well, Holiday Inn is off the list when I’m on tour
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/inhumane-homeless-people-turned-away-33179421.amp #hotel #homelessness
I tip my hat to #Bose for giving owners of soon-to-be End of Life/support speakers the garantuee that the devices will continue to function and giving them the information needed to collectively build new tools to do even more with them. Thank you, Bose!
Alcohol
393) Beerbot. Brings you beer if what it is you want is some beer. Has some absorption problems so can get a bit squiffy at times. #SmallRobotsRemastered
If you're in Leicester (UK) New Media Art Club is launching their annual Computala exhibition this Friday, 9th January. On 30th January for the closing event I'll be doing a live coding performance. Only £2 https://www.newmediaart.club/event-details/slop
Linux desktop voice control has a gap. Talon costs money. Other tools are X11-only or cloud-dependent.
So I built EasySpeak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl5m2Zo1oIE
https://github.com/ctsdownloads/easyspeak/tree/dev?tab=readme-ov-file#easyspeak
- Free and open source (GPL-3.0)
- Fully local — no cloud, no accounts
- Wayland-native
- "Hey Jarvis, open downloads"
Built for RSI, accessibility, or anyone who wants to talk to their computer.
#Linux #OpenSource #Accessibility #VoiceControl #GNOME #Wayland #a11y
Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.