DeepSpeech PlayBook

I developed the DeepSpeech PlayBook to demystify the process of training speech recognition models with Mozilla's DeepSpeech engine.

More Voice Less Choice

More choice less voice: The rise of voice interfaces and the decline of open source voice

Voice is becoming ubiquitous. But the way voice has scaled means that our choice in voice technologies is constrained. Let's create voice for everyone, everywhere, in every language.

Ensuring Black voices matter: Why your voice assistant is racist, and what you can do about it

Does your voice assistant support multiple languages? At PyConAU 2020, Kathy Reid explores why not - and how we can fix it.

Private By Design: Free and Private Voice Assistants

This article for Make: Magazine explored private and open source voice assistants, split by the layer of the voice stack. Recommendations were made around which tool was most useful for which type of user - ie beginner or advanced.

Professional layout design with Scribus

This tutorial, from linux.conf.au 2020 at the Gold Coast, provides an introduction to professional layout design with Scribus, an open source desktop publishing tool.

Good, better, breast: building a sensing mastectomy prosthetic with open hardware – presentation at linux.conf.au 2020, Gold Coast

This talk, from linux.conf.au 2020 at the Gold Coast, documents the development of SenseBreast - an open source sensing mastectomy prosthetic.

Beach Wreck Ignition: Challenges in open source voice – presentation at linux.conf.au 2019, Christchurch

This talk, accepted into the main track of linux.conf.au 2019 Christchurch, covers challenges at all levels of the open source voice stack.

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IoT and Big Data MasterClass at Technology Geelong Digital Lean-In

Invited by Technology Geelong for their inaugural 'Lean In' event, this presentation provided a jargon-free introduction to the concepts behind both the Internet of Things and Big Data.

GovHack Geelong 2016

From data hacks to smart cities: Presentation at #MAVtech18

Co-presentation with City of Greater Geelong Acting Manager of Digital, Information and Technology at City of Greater Geelong, Matthew Szymczak on Geelong's transformation from data hacks to smart cities at #MAVtech18 conference.

Women, science fiction, dystopia and you

Women, dystopia, science fiction and you – VALA AGM Guest Talk

Women, science fiction, dystopia and you - as science fiction becomes science fact, dystopia is closer than we think it is. What can we do about it?