Summary

Run brabble as a Clawdis node for Star Trek-style "Hello Computer" voice activation anywhere.

Vision

• Deploy brabble on Raspberry Pi 4 (or any device)
• Connects to Clawdis gateway via Tailscale (like iOS/Android nodes)
• Wake word detection triggers → sends audio/text to gateway
• Gateway routes to agent → response back via TTS

Use Cases

• "Hey Clawd, turn down lights in bedroom to 10%" → Home Assistant integration
• "Hey Clawd, what's my schedule tomorrow?" → Calendar queries
• "Hey Clawd, play some jazz" → Audio control
• Distributed voice points throughout home/office

Architecture

[Pi + Brabble] --wake word--> [Gateway] --> [Agent]
                                  ^            |
                                  |            v
                              [Response] <-- [TTS]

Related

• brabble: https://github.com/steipete/brabble
• swabble: macOS 26 native version using Speech.framework
• Could accept hooks and potentially host brabble directly

Discussion

From Discord #general (Jan 3, 2026)