I only tested with a servo hooked up, not connected to a mouth yet. It moved well enough for me to get an idea that it worked by watching the servo move (what was attached to an arm). As soon as I get the other parts, I would be happy to make a video, but I am sure that others will be able to get to it much more quickly than I.

Thanks -- By reading the script it will be very useful. I was thinking of tying this up the arms too for arm movement when talking. Will give the bot some more animation.

The Sound servo can control concurrent servos?

Thanks, Aliusa

@aliusa Just download the script, load it into ARC connect a servo to your V4 and try it out for yourself...

You can drive more than one servo port with the script too...

A cool effect would be for the sound servo to control arms and this script to control mouth. This would let them be different from each other, allowing the arms to be based on volume.

and yes, the soundservo can use multiple servos.

While testing this with a 2800 character string (traffic feed from london) this didnt produce good results. It also took about 3 minutes to process the text to figure out the mouth movements. It looks like the purchase of the board I was looking at is still on the books.

I am not bashing this at all as it is great for short phrases, but long text takes too long to parse and it doesn't work nearly as well.

d. cochran, That's good to know. I have not tried it with really long text. Could the time it takes to parse be related to the speed of the computer? I would think that has something to do with it. What is this "board" you are referring to and what does it do?

Yes, it could but I am running the fastest possible config. I7, 32 GB ram, SSD drives for storage that are in an array. It would be hard to find a faster computer than I have, so I dont think that is the issue. I had 86% free memory while running.

The board i am looking at is here.

If you feel like building it, here are the details. build one for about $20 USD

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CPU at 35% Memory at 21% Disk activity at 1%

Parsing string and building OWC string. Started at 2:01:35 Finished at 2:05:24

While not running this process, CPU at 30%

Here is the text that was being parsed. "M5 J4A M42One lane closed due to broken down vehicle on M5 Southbound between J4A M42 and J5 A38 Droitwich / Wychbold. M61 J8 A674 ChorleyQueueing traffic and Main carriageway closed due to multi-vehicle accident on M61 Northbound between J6 A6027 Horwich and J8 A674 Chorley. Royston - A10 A505A10 both ways closed due to accident, two vehicles involved between A505 and Royston Road Melbourn turn off. Earith - A1123 Hill Row Causeway Long DroveA1123 Hill Row Causeway both ways closed due to serious accident between Long Drove Earith and Church Lane Haddenham. M6 J10 A454 / B4464 Wolverhampton / WalsallOne lane closed and heavy traffic due to accident on M6 Northbound between J10 A454 / B4464 Wolverhampton / Walsall and J10A M54. Hollym - A1033 Hollym Road Tithe Barn LaneA1033 Hollym Road both ways closed due to serious accident between Tithe Barn Lane and South Carr Dales Road. M40 J3 A40 / A4094 High Wycombe East / LoudwaterQueueing traffic and lane blocked on exit slip road due to accident, motorcyclist involved on M40 Northbound at J3 A40 / A4094 High Wycombe East / Loudwater, congestion on M40 to J2 A355 Beaconsfield. Burford - A456 Forresters RoadA456 both ways closed due to serious accident near Forresters Road. M1 J15A A43 / A5123 Towcester / Northampton ServicesQueueing traffic due to earlier accident, around eight cars involved on M1 Southbound at J15A A43 / A5123 Towcester / Northampton Services, congestion on M1 to Watford Gap Services. All lanes have been re-opened. Kennford - A38 A380 Splatford SplitSlow traffic due to earlier accident on A38 Northbound near A380 Splatford Split. In the roadworks area. All lanes have been re-opened. Croydon - A212 Wellesley Road Station RoadA212 Wellesley Road Northbound closed, queueing traffic due to burst water main between Station Road and A222 St James's Road, congestion on A212 Park Lane to A232 Barclay Road. M20 J7 A249 Maidstone/Detling HillSlip road onto motorway closed due to queues of lorries on M20 coastbound at J7 A249 Maidstone / Detling Hill. M25 J6 A22 / B2235 GodstoneOne lane closed and very slow traffic due to barrier repairs on M25 anticlockwise between J6 A22 / B2235 Godstone and J5 M26 / A21 Sevenoaks. M20 J8 A20 Leeds Castle / Maidstone ServicesM20 coastbound closed, delays due to Operation Stack between J8 A20 Leeds Castle / Maidstone Services and J9 A20 Ashford. M25 J6 A22 / B2235 GodstoneOne lane closed and heavy traffic due to barrier repairs on M25 anticlockwise between J6 A22 / B2235 Godstone and J5 M26 / A21 Sevenoaks. "