figure-speaker v1.0.5

Figure Speaker

This project is a Raspberry Pi based audio player which plays songs or audiobooks depending on a NFC Tag which is placed on the player. The NFC Tags can be attached to the bottom of a figure. This is an intuitive way for children to select the audiobooks they want to here based on the figures they associate with it.

The main feature of this project is a Spotify integration which lets you access all your favourite songs and audio books you already pay for every month. By using the audio server Mopidy internally, further cloud services can be integrated really easily.

Feature List

• Spotify integration
• Easy to maintain and register figures through a web application
• Portable by using a power bank
• Play local mp3 files
• Configure volume
• Max volume is configurable
• Define what happens after the figure is replaced on the audio player
  • Play the track from the beginning
  • Play the track where you left off
• Easy to connect to new WiFi by creating an AdHoc network if the box cannot connect to WiFi
• Update Manager which will allow you to receive the latest features without opening the box
• Open for other cloud services
• Automated tests to ensure quality

Spotify Integration

Settings

Manual

See Manual for finding out how to use figure-speaker.

Setup

See Setup for setting up the Raspberry Pi.

Assembly

In chapter Assembly I documented instructions how to build the hardware of the figure speaker.