This weekend's plans are all set for computer enthusiasts with two community events taking place: Black Valley in Oslo, Norway, and Akademy in Thessaloniki, Greece. Collabora is proud to sponsor both of these events as a chance for communities to come together and strengthen their bonds.

Taking place from July 14 to 16, Black Valley is dedicated to showcasing the demoscene community - the only one of its kind in Norway! Participants will have the chance to compete in a range of categories including music, graphics, and programming. After the competition dust has settled, there will be live performances and a DJ to enjoy the evening. If you're looking to meet with someone from Collabora, graphics engineer Erik Faye-Lund will be in attendance.

Switching scenes for the cultural capital of Greece, Akademy will be held at the University of Macedonia. This event, which kicks of on July 15, is renowned as the annual summit for the KDE community. Jeremy Whiting will be presenting a talk (details below) during the 2-day conference, which is followed by 5 days of workshops, Birds of a Feather (BoF) and coding sessions. The event will wrap up on July 21 and can also be attended virtually.

Collabora @ Akademy 2023

Make it talk: Adding speech to your application
Presented by Jeremy Whiting - Sunday, July 16 - 10:50 am EEST (UTC +3)

Games and Applications provide a few different methods of feedback to users. Flashy graphics and sounds are primary, but there's another method that can be added quickly and easily. Speech can add another layer of feedback to your users. In simple cases, a i18n("Well done!") spoken on speakers can be magical depending on your target audience. QtSpeech makes this easy but is also flexible enough to let users customize voice settings if you expose those to them.

In this talk, I'll explain quickly how to add speech to any application. I'll also go over some caveats and things to watch out for or know about when adding speech to your application. I'll also discuss some customization capabilities you can add to allow your users to tweak how the speech sounds. Some history of text-to-speech technologies in general and on linux in particular will also be included.

At the end of the talk, attendees should have a clear understanding of how to add speech using QtSpeech to any application and how to expose customization options to their users.

If you plan on attending either event, please come say hello!

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