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Babble Official Tracker

Hi there! If your in this section, you've purchaced a Babble Mouth Tracker V1!

How to use the tracker

Plug your tracker into your PC!

  • This is pretty simple! There is a USB C port on your tracker! Plug it in and you should hear a windows connection sound when plugged in!
  • IMPORTANT: Make sure the switch is in the "ON" position! (see image below)
  • There should be two very bright green lights on the back of the trackers! switch

Look at device manager for the COM port of the tracker!

  • Press the windows key, then type "Device Manager" and press enter.
  • In the device manager, look for "Ports (COM & LPT)" and expand it.
  • You should see a new COM port listed under "Ports (COM & LPT)" listed as "USB Serial Device". This is the COM port of your tracker. device manager

Download the lastest version of the Babble Tracker software on our github!

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Warning, the software is still in beta and may have bugs!

Open the Project Babbble software and select the COM port of your tracker.

  • In the Project Babble software, click on the dropdown next to the "Camera Address" text.
  • Click the on the desired camera Address. camera address

Getting a camera feed running!

  • Now click the "Save and Restart Tracking" button to connect.
  • IMPORTANT: You won't see a video until you set a crop area. So click on "cropping mode" and click and drag to set a crop area.
  • For actual use make sure to make a box around your mouth!
  • After this go back to "Tracking Mode" and you should see a video feed from your camera! camera working

Finished!

But I want WiFi!

If you want wifi, please look at our Firmware Guide