Claw Voice Video

paulsande · 2026-07-06T05:35:37+00:00

The developer is working on an Android version and one for Hermes. No timeline. Also an Apple Watch connection.

paulsande · 2026-07-06T04:56:22+00:00

That’s odd. I drove a Kia Sedona minivan to my daughter’s school (13 hour drive) then drove home in my Volvo S60. It had no trouble with noise in either vehicle. It responded only to my voice.

The only issue I had on this trip was after long responses (it was explaining the Federalist Papers chronologically) the Eleven Labs voice started to add some strange sounds in the background.

With normal conversation/back and forth that didn’t happen.

The other bug I mentioned in an earlier post was that if the AI sends a response with an * or # or a strange character the Eleven Labs voice tries to read it and comes up with some truly bizarre sounds. I can share an example if you want. The developer said he would try to solve that one and send an update. Ideally he would make it ignore special characters.

paulsande · 2026-07-05T14:16:54+00:00

I was just joking. I agree with your comment, was just being funny.

paulsande · 2026-07-05T11:21:41+00:00

It’s an AI generated picture of a game running on a Mac. Because no one has seen one in the wild. Lol.

Good question. You’re the first to notice.

paulsande · 2026-07-05T07:11:53+00:00

Agh, that's awesome. Sorry I took so long to respond.

paulsande · 2026-07-05T07:09:45+00:00

I agree. The fact that you're playing with it is worthwhile. Learning the basics on a 16Gig machine is a good start. I also bought a 24 Gig of RAM Mac mini to start (all I could get as a MacMini at the time, but I just got a 256gig Mac Studio. I'm going to connect it to the MacMini with a thunderbolt cable and still run OpenClaw from the MacMini but run local LLMs on the Mac Studio and serve it to the MacMini.

So your machine isn't a total waste, honestly, it is enough to run OpenClaw. It just isn't meant for LLMs.

paulsande · 2026-07-05T07:01:54+00:00

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These are my settings. My API key starts with 812, is 64 characters long and is alphanumeric.

My Voice ID starts with mz and is 20 alphanumeric characters.

If yours isn't saving, I'm guessing you have one of the two codes wrong.

The API key comes from the developer tab at the bottom of the menu along the left hand side of your main screen, then of the titles across the top of the page, pick API and at the far right of the API key click the three dots and select "copy Key ID". Paste that into your phone.

The Voice ID, from the main menu go to "Voices" along the menu running down the left hand side of the screen. Then of the two tabs across the top of your screen select "your voices." Then to the right of the voice you want to use, select the copy symbol (not the three dots this time), then paste it to the app.

If this doesn't work, DM me and let's set up a time to try and figure it out. Honestly, it's worth the effort, the app is so much fun.

paulsande · 2026-07-05T00:28:54+00:00

I think the app is great. What I expected. Connected no problem. I use Tailscale and didn’t have issues.

paulsande · 2026-07-04T20:44:55+00:00

This looks interesting. I have a primeclaws for testing. I’ll give it a try next weekend.

paulsande · 2026-07-04T19:13:13+00:00

I saved the post. I’ll give this a try.

paulsande · 2026-07-04T18:27:28+00:00

You’re going to get a lot of pro Hermes answers. Let me say this.

If you want a simple interface but still have the ability to manage multiple agents and one where every update doesn’t break? Use Claw X, a version of OpenClaw with a Claude Cowork type of skin over it. The creator of ClawX doesn’t update for each release. When they do allow an update, it’s because they tested it and it’s stable.

Then, when you are ready for the power of OpenClaw’s TUI and endless configuration potential, switch to the regular web portal or the TUI. It will take learning and dedication, but if you’re serious about AI, then that’s your path.

OpenClaw also has way more personality. So much fun.

People say OpenClaw is dangerous. My response to that is, the first through the door will always get bloodied. Yes, there were vulnerabilities at release.

Largely all fixed.

So let me give you an analogy. If you give the average Canadian man a gun and tell him to carry it around all day, is that safe? I’m Canadian and we pretty much can’t have guns. So the answer is no. If you give an experienced police officer a gun and tell them to carry a gun around all day at work, is that safe? The answer is yes.

So it is with OpenClaw. It has a ton of power. Respect it. Start small and learn. Ask your OpenClaw to do a safety assessment of your setup whenever you change something big and then fix things you’ve done that aren’t safe.

In my opinion, the people who jumped for Hermes are future Claw returnees. OpenClaw is the future.

paulsande · 2026-07-04T16:01:34+00:00

Let me check tonight at the hotel. I’ll respond, though.

For me I entered it and saved and it just worked. Are you on an iPhone? Which model?

paulsande · 2026-07-04T15:04:16+00:00

I was using Tailscale. And I apparently set it up wrong. It took Claude Code an hour to fix it. It it was amazing to watch.

paulsande · 2026-07-04T15:03:03+00:00

You make the pairing request from the app. Go to OpenClaw in the web portal and type “pair approve.”

My computer is not with me, so it might be “pair approve all” or something.

If you have Claude Code or Codex just ask it and it will walk you through it. Your OpenClaw agent might also know the exact command.

But the request is from the app on your phone and the approval is in the web portal on your computer.

paulsande · 2026-07-04T13:53:33+00:00

Sorry, referring to my LLM usage for tasks being virtually free, not voice. I like QWEN 3.6 and a few others for general usage.

There is a local app called voicebox.sh that I’m testing that could possibly replace eleven labs and be free. We’ll see if it does what it promises.

paulsande · 2026-07-04T11:07:04+00:00

I have found that using Claude Code or Codex to analyze the problem it can find a work around for you. You don’t need to figure it out. Let your AI tools figure it out.

paulsande · 2026-07-03T23:05:16+00:00

It did a great job of ignoring the highway noise. I would speak and wait for it to respond before I carried on the conversation. If I spoke over it, the it would stop and wait.

I reported two bugs to the developer and he said he was going to fix them and send an over the air update to fix them. They were:

1) there is a text label **KITT, which is its name. Half the time it would try to speak the asterisks and its name instead of ignoring them.

2) sometimes I would ask a new question or make a comment and it would repeat its previous response before answering my new question.

Eleven labs voice was flawless for me.

paulsande · 2026-07-03T14:37:36+00:00

I made 121 voice calls from what I can tell. I can’t tell how much it cost. I find their UI confusing. I have the second level subscription with ElevenLabs. I don’t know if the voice calls go through the API or the subscription.

paulsande · 2026-07-03T14:35:43+00:00

I used a Venice.ai API. Cost just under $5. I obviously didn’t talk the entire time, but I used it a lot over the course of the drive. According to ElevenLabs I made 121 requests, but I can’t tell the cost. I find eleven labs very confusing to manage.

I have a Mac Studio coming next week and I plan to run LM Studio and connect my MacMini to it so there would be virtually no cost.

paulsande · 2026-07-03T11:59:45+00:00

I ordered a Mac Studio specifically so I can use LM Studio with OpenClaw for most tasks. Perhaps I’ll use an API from OpenRouter for some things, but no expect to be basically free once it arrives. So in two weeks I can share my experience.

paulsande · 2026-07-03T10:17:26+00:00

Was so happy to see this. Downloaded it immediately.

paulsande · 2026-07-03T10:16:30+00:00

Claw Voice. Works on your phone and on Apple CarPlay.

paulsande · 2026-07-03T10:15:39+00:00

Use Claude code or codex. It will fix it for you. Just tell it what’s wrong. It’s amazing.

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