Burnie, a voice companion that runs on my laptop

Demo · cut-down · no model

Mini Burnie

His body and a phrasebook of a few dozen lines, with a typed box that answers a handful of questions by keyword. There is no model behind it, and nothing you type leaves the page.

Waking him...

His look

What the real one does

The real Burnie is two programs joined by a stream of small events: a core that hears, thinks and speaks, and a body that only draws. Replay a few, as the core sends them (the lines are made up). Or ask him: "what does the real one do?"

  1. Nothing yet.

Cut down. The real Burnie listens through a microphone and answers with a local model and his own voice. Here he has a phrasebook and a few keywords, and he only talks in text. Nothing you type leaves the page.