Man hacked his Alexa to speak out of a singing fish, and it's horrifying

http://mashable.com/2016/11/04/big-mouth-billy-bass-alexa-/#mrpCYng7piq4

by xbryanx • 10 years ago

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nwrk• 10 years ago

knoepfle• 10 years ago

That's not horrifying, that's awesome. But the clickbait title got me to look at it, so I shouldn't criticize.

ohadron• 10 years ago

That's actually great user experience and I'm certain someone will make a product with a similar idea (physical movement that signifies the bot is listening and talking).

lowmagnet• 10 years ago

I watch it over and over just for the fish lifting its head and mouthing "blodoop". For some reason, this is infinitely entertaining.

bayonetz• 10 years ago

AFIK, Alexa doesn't have an API the gives speech timing info. I assume this must monitor the sound and trigger a mouth movement whenever the wave amplitude goes over a certain threshold. Would be cool to make a reusable monitor/trigger component along with different swappable animatronic figures (cats, ardvarks, Trump's head, ...). I'd buy one for the office.

joesmo• 10 years ago

Would have been nice if the video wasn't in a walled garden.

schiffern• 10 years ago

Horrifying and/or hilarious video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBqiW1R5_JM

nunez• 10 years ago

Finally Billy the Big Mouth Bass has a purpose in life

yladiz• 10 years ago

As an aside, I find Alexa's voice much better than either Google Now or Siri. It still sounds a bit robotic, but it feels quite soothing compared to the harsh Google Voice or the "too robotic" Siri.

Man hacked his Alexa to speak out of a singing fish, and it's horrifying

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