BillAI Bass - Real-time AI voice assistant for Big Mouth Billy Bass

Show HN: BillAI Bass, an AI-Powered Big Mouth Billy Bass Using Strands Agents

Transform a novelty Big Mouth Billy Bass into a responsive real-time voice assistant using a Raspberry Pi 5. Powered by Strands Agents bidirectional streaming and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic on Amazon Bedrock, this project enables the fish to listen, process audio, and reply with synchronized head movements and lip-syncing. The guide requires no robotics or soldering expertise, allowing beginners to build a talking fish in a weekend. It leverages AI assistants to guide the build step-by-step, handling debugging and hardware variations effortlessly.

"The person this guide is based on had never plugged in a Raspberry Pi before and got a talking fish in a weekend."