
Courtesy of Jorvon Moss, Shawn Hymel
low quality with a smaller size and more robotic
voice, but it has a faster execution time. Finally,
hopper-chat plays any sounds it receives from the
TTS service through a connected speaker.
On Digit, the microphone is connected to a USB
port on the Orin Nano and simply draped over
a backpack strap. The speaker is connected via
Bluetooth. Moss uses an Arduino to detect activity
in the Bluetooth speaker and move the mandibles
to give Digit the appearance of speaking.
Moss added several fun features to give Digit
a distinct personality. First, Digit tells a random
joke, often a bad pun, every minute if the wak ...