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Looking for a "Family-Hub", like Alexa Show(?)

Hey everyone,

last weekend at a friends house I saw the Alexa Show (I think?) in action. It was used as a digital family-calendar, weather forecast and music player. It sat there on the fridge like an old school family planer.
The music-player wouldnt be relevent to me. But an digital calendar in the kitchen with weather forecast looks really appealing.
Do you probably know a privacy-friendly and suitable project with the possibility to implement my CalDav-Calendar(s)? Probably open Source? And without a lot of tinkering? (:

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Coldmoon
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Coldmoon
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A fair amount of tinkering needed, but a raspberry pi + display can accomplish this if you don’t need the voice assistant.

hanselman.com/blog/how-to-buil…

(Spoiler alert, he uses Dakboard)


How to build a Wall Mounted Family Calendar and Dashboard with a Raspberry Pi and cheap monitor

I love dashboards. I love Raspberry Pis (tiny $35 computers the size of a set ...
www.hanselman.com
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Telorand
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Another DIY option to look at is Mycroft. They used to sell devices, but they've since stopped all development as of 2023. There's likely still a community tinkering away, so I'd imagine you could still run your own if you wanted.

a voice assistant that uses a natural language user interface

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shortwavesurfer
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shortwavesurfer
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Maybe something like the seeedstudio sensecap indicator?
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Actionschnils
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Actionschnils
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There is only the 4" version right? I was looking for a bigger old day Kitchen calendar sized tool.
But thanks for your idea :)
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Actionschnils
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I dont know exactly too what the alexa show really is, to be honest. But my friends are using it mostly as a digital display for their synchronized calendars and the weather forecast.
Like a paper based family planer and a weather station for your kitchen.
Yeah, i can do it paper based too. But Im way to lazy to keep a calendar up to date with all this daily tasks in modern family life. :)
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ReversalHatchery
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yeah, that's nextcloud. but how do they input data? I guess its touch based, but is it a touch screen with on-screen keyboard (an android tablet with a web browser could replace that) or do they use a pen, or voice, or something else?
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Actionschnils
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They only showed the voice-controll once.
But for me, a input possibilty wouldnt be needed much. It shall just show our calendar, the clock and the weather forecast (:
Probably would an old (forked)android tablet be enough. Ill look into this