Smart speaker rescue 2025
FIP Radio
A retired Mycroft Mark II reborn as a single-purpose radio for FIP, France.
The Mycroft Mark II was a good speaker attached to a dead voice assistant. Stripping the assistant out left a Pi 4, an SJ-201 audio board, and a screen — everything you need for a radio that does exactly one thing.
Now it plays FIP, shows the current track, and serves the same metadata over a small web UI on the local network. No wake word, no account, no cloud.