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@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/how-to-build-a-wall-mounted-family-calendar-and-dashboard-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-cheap-monitor

(Spoiler alert, he uses Dakboard)

Actionschnils@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

No voice assitance needed! Thanks Ill look into this

Telorand@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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.

Actionschnils@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks for the advice!

shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Maybe something like the seeedstudio sensecap indicator?

Actionschnils@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

There is only the 4" version right? I was looking for a bigger old day Kitchen calendar sized tool. But thanks for your idea :)

shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

To the best of my knowledge, that's the only one they have.