ASTERISK

A sentient camera that turns everyday scenes into witty, personalized poems that gently roast you

A unified foundation for scalable, consistent

product design

A unified foundation for scalable, consistent

product design

Overview

Asterisk is not just a sentient camera, it’s an experience that transforms your presence into poetic satire. It doesn’t capture your photo, it captures you in your environment, interprets the scene, and whispers back a witty, personalized poem that playfully roasts you.

TIMELINE

4 weeks 2025

CONTRIBUTOR

Sakshi Suthar

Overview

Asterisk is not just a sentient camera, it’s an experience that transforms your presence into poetic satire. It doesn’t capture your photo, it captures you in your environment, interprets the scene, and whispers back a witty, personalized poem that playfully roasts you.

TIMELINE

4 weeks 2025

CONTRIBUTOR

Sakshi Suthar

Overview

Asterisk is not just a sentient camera, it’s an experience that transforms your presence into poetic satire. It doesn’t capture your photo, it captures you in your environment, interprets the scene, and whispers back a witty, personalized poem that playfully roasts you.

TIMELINE

4 weeks 2025

CONTRIBUTOR

Sakshi Suthar

Process

Process

Using the GitHub link given below, you can explore the modular components that generate context-aware, humorous poetry.


A photo is captured with the Raspberry Pi Camera, recording the user’s expression, posture, and surroundings. The image is sent to LLaVA-13B, which generates a scene description, and then to DeepSeek V3 to create an 8-line free verse poem. Finally, Kokoro-82m converts the text into a human-like spoken voice, delivering a witty, spoken poem that humorously reflects the user and their environment.


Github Repository

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Say hello

Response sent to uttkarsh.design@gmail.com

Want to chat?

Feel free to reach out. I'm actively responding to messages and would be happy to connect!

© 2026, Uttkarsh Mandaknale

San Francisco

Say hello

Response sent to uttkarsh.design@gmail.com

Want to chat?

Feel free to reach out. I'm actively responding to messages and would be happy to connect!

Want to chat?

Feel free to reach out. I'm actively responding to messages and would be happy to connect!

© 2025, Uttkarsh Mandaknale

San Francisco