Kathy Reid<p>It's been another big year as I work towards completing my <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissertation</span></a> on voice dataset documentation and how it influences how well <a href="https://aus.social/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speech</span></a> technologies work for all voices at the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ANU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANU</span></a> School of Cybernetics - with big thanks to my supervisors, Elizabeth Williams, Alexandra Zafiroglu, Jofish Kaye and Paul Wong 黃仲熙. </p><p>I've wrapped up a partnership with Mozilla's <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CommonVoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonVoice</span></a> team, which let me explore the hashtag#dataset in a lot more detail - big thanks EM Lewis-Jong, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jessie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jessie</span></a></span> Dmitrij Feller in particular. </p><p>It was an incredible honor to keynote <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FF24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FF24</span></a> at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia alongside Peter-Lucas Jones of Te Hiku Media, expertly facilitated by Keir Winesmith - thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ausglam.space/@ingridbmason" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ingridbmason</span></a></span> and team for the opportunity - and stay tuned for a little project we are working on - we know you're all eager for the video of this keynote, but we're adding a little more magic. </p><p>I helped out with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@everythingopen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>everythingopen</span></a></span> Media and Comms this year, and am looking forward to speaking in January in Adelaide. </p><p>A huge thanks to my fellow <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhD</span></a> buddies - Lorenn Ruster, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hci.social/@nedcpr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nedcpr</span></a></span>, Glen Berman, Tom Chan, Danny Bettay, Charlotte Bradley, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@Amirasadi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Amirasadi</span></a></span>, Memunat Ajoke Ibrahim and the later cohorts for all your support, shut up and write sessions and intellectual growth.</p>