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These buttons have been popularised by channels like Billi Speaks, where a cat pushes random phrase buttons and a lady interprets it to suit her videos.  A bit like the paranormal posse.

It's quite nicely integrated though, albeit a bit quiet.  Especially with my bassy voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcsQyxCxA_Q

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Inside a big pink LUST button (or whatever phrase you wish to use)

My bassy voice didn't do this button justice. With a higher pitched voice it's a bit louder, due to the limited frequency spectrum needed to smash 30 seconds of audio into memory. This video was inspired by Julian Ilett video where he showed some technical goodies he'd ordered online. You can get these buttons in a variety of colours from AliExpress. They use two AAA cells for power and you can use a built in microphone to record an audio sample of up to thirty seconds, which is then replayed each time you press the button. The dinky 8 ohm speaker does limit the volume a bit, and there is a distinct hiss over the audio, which may originate from either the microphone or the chip itself. I drew a blank on the chip when I tried a Google search. I wonder if it's similar to the ISD (Information Storage Devices) ICs that used analogue memory to store sound. Technically speaking you could just use this as a big button by cutting a track and soldering two wires to the main button switch. Here's a typical AliExpress listing. The price should be around 4-5£ inclusive of shipping. If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- https://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's algorithm quirks, allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty. #ElectronicsCreators

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Curtis Hoffmann

"I drew a blank." Hmm. I thought you drew a numbered square.

Anonymous

The YouTube channel “what about bunny” is a dog that makes extensive use of these buttons.

Nani Isobel

I taught one of my cats to use a button like this to ask for treats. Big mistake. She presses it nonstop. I had to hide it. Stupid cat. Stupid smart cat.

Anonymous

I wonder what the flash storage capacity is in that chip? It sounded like 8-bit audio and it might have a dedicated compressor/decompressor. Those chips are probably a few cents each, so they're probably quite limited. There are too many factors to consider, so I'm clueless as a result.

Keith G

Is the speaker particularly quiet because of the housing and there only being a few holes?

bigclive

It would probably be improved with a bigger speaker and better enclosure.

Anonymous

There is a dog, Stella, that can use these, and the trainer, Christina, is a speech pathologist. So she is very good with the dog, using simple phrases and pressing the buttons to be reassuring. The cat video I have seen goes kind of like this: Cat stumbles on ‘mad’ button. Lady breaks out in “Are you mad? What are you mad about? Do you want treats? I can get you treats! How about food? What do you want? Are you mad at me?” And the cat apparently mumbles “stupid human, I accidentally stepped on the actuator. I wish you would give me a ‘shut up’ button”

Sog Sussex

The Mic circuitry looks similar to a crossover, could it be filtering?

Anonymous

Wondering if is the same chip used by those repeating parrot toys?

Anonymous

There are people who would pay good money for a Big [Pink | Clive] One Moment Please button.

Gordo

I not only expected a blob, but for the speaker to double-up as a microphone, seems like a missed penny-pinching opportunity there. Would be interesting to feed high quality audio into it and capture the output to see what the recording quality actually is; 30s is plenty time for an audio sweep to suss out the sampling rate