Contacts call it on Telegram and it picks up by itself. Say a name to call them.
New messages are read aloud as they arrive. Reply by voice.
Audiobooks and music from a Spotify Premium account, and live radio.
If nobody confirms a medication reminder, it repeats three times: 5, 10 and 30 minutes apart.
Headlines, the weather, and whatever a web search can answer.
Wi-Fi, a computer that stays on and an OpenAI API key. Calls need a spare SIM for Telegram; books and music need Spotify Premium.
About six hours on a Bambu P2S, about $50 of parts per unit, some soldering, glue and eight screws. The build guide shows all 21 steps in 3D, with print files for any printer.
Case, firmware and server are MIT-licensed. Whoever builds it runs the server and edits the persona, a YAML file; it ships with Abuelo, slow and warm, in Spanish. Whoever uses it only holds the lever. OpenAI charges about $4 per thousand answers, and nothing while idle.