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156 points Sean-Der | 1 comments | 12 Oct 25 14:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Alt link: https://mrchristmas.com/products/santas-magical-telephone

Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z7QJxZWFQg

The first time I talked with AI santa and it responded with a joke I was HOOKED. The fun/nonsense doesn't click until you try it yourself. What's even more exciting is you can build it yourself:

libpeer: https://github.com/sepfy/libpeer

pion: https://github.com/pion/webrtc

Then go do all your fun logic in your Pion server. Connect to any Voice AI provider, or roll your own via Open Source. Anything is possible.

If you have questions or hit any roadblocks I would love to help you. I have lots of hardware snippets on my GitHub: https://github.com/sean-der.

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fukka42 ◴[13 Oct 25 22:23 UTC] No.45573970[source]▶
> Generous Talk Time: 60 minutes of talk time included, and additional minutes are available for purchase for extended holiday entertainment throughout the season

So the thing costs a 100 dollars and then you can only use it for an hour before needing to pay more?

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rideontime ◴[13 Oct 25 22:42 UTC] No.45574116[source]▶
Imagining the parent who could barely afford this only to discover that it dies after an hour of usage unless they keep feeding the meter is making me very sad.
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teaearlgraycold ◴[13 Oct 25 22:58 UTC] No.45574220[source]▶
TBH I kind of doubt this is the kind of toy a kid would request. It feels like something a parent with extra disposable income would buy so they can record a cute video.
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1. nkozyra ◴[14 Oct 25 02:39 UTC] No.45575687[source]▶
Not to get all luddite but can't you just have a relative answer the phone at another house? Assuming they're mentally fit you can rule out hallucinations, at least.