If you’re following some of the over tweeters we are this could get annoying really quickly. Reports the Wall Street Journal:
The “Charatter,” as it’s known, is Japan’s first tweet-reading character toy. It received an unusually large number of pre-orders online, and has been enjoying brisk sales since its Nov. 30 launch, says a spokeswoman at WiZ, the manufacturer, though the company doesn’t disclose sales numbers.
How does it work? Users first download a special Charatter application either via their iPhone or PC. This free software developed by WiZ translates the tweets into sound and sends it to a speaker inside the bear toy, which then reproduces the message out loud in a robotic voice. Not cute enough? How about this — its little lips actually move in sync with the sound.
Of course this is mainly for Japanese now, but we hear it does pronounce English words as well with some errors. See it in action after the jump.
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I follow like 500 people so this shit would be annoying as hell.
That guy from 106 and park Blind Fury would def want this!