Our first Raspberry Pi Progress Report: Teaching A Parrot To Talk

Some of you may recall that we had a Raspberry Pi contest here at Autodesk and announced the winners.

Internal Raspberry Pi Contest: And the winners are...

One of those winners was Software Architect for Solver Technology Research, Franco Costa, who wants to teach his parrot to talk. He described his project as:

If I had a Raspberry Pi, I would program it respond to my parrot when she talks by playing back a recording of my voice saying her favorite phrases, plus some new ones I am trying to teach her. The Raspberry Pi, being a low power device, could sit near her cage during the day, keeping her company while I am away from home enjoying my day at the Autodesk Office. My parrot's name is Billy, and she is an Australian rose-breasted cockatoo, more commonly known as a “Gallah” in Australia.

Well I recently got a progress report that I thought I would share:

Team building is alive in the lab.