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Title: That's nice button
Post by: shane_95 on July 13, 2012, 09:38:16 am

If you have watched the show Mrs Browns Boys, you should get her that's nice joke.

I would like to make a device where I can press a button an it will say "that's nice". My question is, what things should i google? Or is there device on the net I can mod/hack to do the same thing?


For the people why don't know the the "that's nice" joke here is a video

Mrs Brown's Catchphrase - Mrs Brown's Boys - Series 2 Episode 1 - BBC One (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JddNDtC-Yrs#ws)

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: PeterG on July 13, 2012, 09:47:29 am

That show has got to be one of the best i have seen in a long time.... :D

Regards

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: PeterG on July 13, 2012, 09:48:35 am

If you Google 'Voice recorder ic' you shpuld find what your after.

Regards

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: shane_95 on July 13, 2012, 09:50:55 am

I was thinking something like this

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: PeterG on July 13, 2012, 10:38:57 am

Something based on a chip similar to this will do the trick.
http://search.jaycar.com.au/search?w=HK828%20&view=list (http://search.jaycar.com.au/search?w=HK828%20&view=list)

Regards

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: johnnyfp on July 14, 2012, 10:07:56 pm

Any arduino will do it. You just need to store it in a pwm form and then bit blast the audio to a speaker. Only thing is that you wont get much more then a few words in memory.

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: bullet308 on July 14, 2012, 10:39:39 pm

The "thats nice" bit plays out here in the American south on a regular basis...a culture rooted in civility-directly-linked-to-the-threat-of-profound-violence-if-insult-is-taken.

Less regionally in the US, the office supply chain Staples had the Easy Button ad campaign, resulting in this real-world product that they sold for about $5:

That was easy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YmMNpbFjp0#)

I have one around here someplace...never got around to hacking it, though.

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: pickle9000 on July 14, 2012, 10:40:47 pm

Go to a greeting card store and get a recordable birthday card. The quality isn't perfect but if you do a good job with the recording it's more than acceptable.

...mike 

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: Christopher on July 14, 2012, 11:21:29 pm

ISD1790 is a good IC, expensive but does what you;re after AND MORE

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: Zero999 on July 15, 2012, 12:21:41 am

There are many sound recorder modules available. Here are a few links.

http://www.rapidonline.com/Education/20-Second-sound-recorder-module-80582 (http://www.rapidonline.com/Education/20-Second-sound-recorder-module-80582)
http://www.rapidonline.com/Education/Sound-Module-for-Recording-Playback-60530 (http://www.rapidonline.com/Education/Sound-Module-for-Recording-Playback-60530)
http://www.quasarelectronics.com/30a63-20-second-message-sound-recorder-module.htm (http://www.quasarelectronics.com/30a63-20-second-message-sound-recorder-module.htm)
http://www.intec-group.co.uk/sound_recorder.htm (http://www.intec-group.co.uk/sound_recorder.htm)

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: Dawn on July 15, 2012, 01:38:00 pm

Do they actually drop the F-bomb on BBC broadcast TV ? 

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: shane_95 on July 15, 2012, 02:07:16 pm

im not to sure, but i think they do, because they do here in australia, and they have a live audience for the recording. If they dont say the F-word on the BBC, they are missing out on a lot of good jokes

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: Monkeh on July 15, 2012, 02:49:57 pm

Quote from: Dawn on July 15, 2012, 01:38:00 pm

Do they actually drop the F-bomb on BBC broadcast TV ?

Of course they do.

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: Dawn on July 15, 2012, 05:19:39 pm

Well, maybe on a cable or direct sat programming, but you'd never hear that word over broadcast televison here in the states. I'm surprised with what I do hear compared to when I was a kid. You'll hear SOB, pissed off and words such, but never F- or you'll hear crap, but never sh*t. Worse yet, they not only hold the network responsible, but if someone at the local broadcast level misses it on delay and it's not bleeped outm, they get fined too. Shame really. You can step outside your door and get shot for no reason, you can drop dead from not having access to medical care or starve to death, but you'll never get F**Ked or see someone F**ked on broadcast TV. Aren't the states wonderful?

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: SeanB on July 15, 2012, 05:49:28 pm

And no sex, or even a mention of it, or the naked body, on broadcast television. On cable everything goes.

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: Sionyn on July 15, 2012, 05:54:48 pm

we've grown up in uk, and stopped worrying about swear words and instead focusing on the imaginary terrorists

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: 8086 on July 15, 2012, 05:56:10 pm

After 9pm, pretty much anything goes on the BBC  ;D

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: Christopher on July 15, 2012, 06:12:21 pm

QI is quite brilliant too, although not too much swearing...

Title: Re: That's nice button
Post by: _Sin on July 16, 2012, 09:13:14 am

Any channel which doesn't permit swearing must miss out on the brilliant "The Thick of It".

Malcom Tucker - Best Dressing Down Ever (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q4o72jBZRY#ws)

Malcolm Tucker goes apeshit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHOyiknNuUw#)