1. A device comprising: a housing having a base to support the housing on a surface and a distal top end; at least one microphone mounted proximal to the top end to receive audio; a processor mounted within the housing to process a signal representation of the audio; a memory comprising one or more of a speech recognition module or an acoustic echo cancellation module, wherein the speech recognition module is executable by the processor to recognize speech in the signal representation, and the acoustic echo cancellation module is executable by the processor to reduce acoustic echoes detected in the signal representation; at least one speaker mounted in the housing and oriented to output sound in a downward direction toward the base and away from the top end; and a sound distribution cone mounted in the housing to distribute the sound emitted from the at least one speaker, wherein the sound distribution cone and the at least one speaker are coaxially aligned.