This is a little technically confusing, but worth the effort.
Create a free account at Character.ai
Click create new or visit this URL: https://character.ai/character/new
Fill out your description of the character (vague is better) and choose a voice that matches the character from the list they present.
The sound setup is the hardest part. You'll need an audio mixer that can route and exclude certain sounds. This is standard on shows where you include chat participants anyways, and you'll treat the character.ai character like a chat participant in terms of how you route your audio. I recommend using Voicemeeter for this.
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a. Download or open a browser you never typically use and will dedicate to Character.ai. For example, Microsoft Edge.
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b. In your volume settings, make it so the dialing software can hear you and the browser; and the browser you are using can only hear you and the dialer, but not itself.
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c. Test out a conversation with the character by clicking the phone icon and talking to it. Then try calling a number and making sure that the dialer and character can hear each other. Almost done!
Finally, disable any notification / UI noises from character.ai.
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a. Right click anywhere on the character.ai page and choose Inspect from the right-click menu.
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b. In the developer settings that open up, navigate to the Network tab.
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c. In the list of filters choose Media
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d. Talk to the character and you'll notice that every time there's a ding, mp3 files called "connected.mp3", "turn.mp3" and "turn_alt.mp3" will appear in the network list of media. Right click on those that appear and choose block url. It should now stop making noise when character.ai responds.
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e. Now click the mute and unmute button in the character.ai interface. Block those mp3s as well ("mute.mp3" and "unmute.mp3").
You're all set! Make more characters and share them here and in Discord.
This is my favorite Milkbox show ever.
Using inspiration from @dialer, we used the following custom character.ai persona named Sgt Frank Katz Sr. to engage in conversations with random folks. He's just a WW2 vet looking for some dame companionship is all.
It's CRAZY how advanced AI is. Only one recipient realized it was AI I think.
https://character.ai/chat/x81SH_1IpCfkM-scfHiT-C8y9gHXvtHZpbbgIDV4INA
The final call of the show is the funniest call ever on my show, and of course, I wasn't really a participant. Go figure!
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Bunch of bangers tonight, based on an AI theme!
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Fun lineup tonight as the Callective was hosted on the Milkbox show. Follow some of the other hosts if you haven't yet.
Tonights pranks included participation from:
@despicabledogs, @milkbox, @anteatertpose, @kingpoisson, @icecat, @jesuspenus, @iregretjumping, @greenimp, @nickyt, @drtomservo, and @andyanderson. Thanks to everyone who joined!
Thanks to @icecat for the amazing new show theme and @iregretjumping for herding the cats!
No Monday show this week! Iโm putting my Grandpa down after too many accidents on the vestibule rug. Thereโs only so many times you can bop their nose with a newspaper before you show the other seniors you mean business.
This show was the most fun I've had in a long time. We:
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Word of the day: Belligerent
Hoo boy. Seriously, hope you all has as much fun listening as I did doing this show!
On this show I:
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Changing my number, oversharing on my divorce, and getting the recipe on the delicious pies they threw out in the dumpster.
Thanks to @delinquenst for becoming a patreon and @mrsmalls for the show title suggestion!
Quick show to prove I'm still alive and not just an AI.
I call front desks as Dr Lionel Pepsi, letting them know that Frank Katz is on life support and needing their permission as emergency contact to pull the plug.
I also try to scatter Frank Katz's ashes in hotel lobbies and see if I can figure out who dug up the treasure I buried on someone's lawn.
Thanks to @iregretjumping for the show title idea
John doesn't want to be my emergency contact. :( Thanks to @despicabledogs for the hilarious idea!