A soundboard you tap

The plan is a printable A4 sheet of 12 tiles, each with an emoji and a name, and a 30 mm NTAG213 or NTAG215 sticker behind each tile. Slide it into a sleeve or laminate it and it'll survive a few game nights.

It's a bit like a stream deck you print yourself.

Windows doesn't let one app talk into another app's microphone, so this needs a virtual audio cable. The plan is VB-CABLE from VB-Audio, which is donationware: free, with donations welcome. It installs a driver, so it needs admin rights and a restart.

The plan is for Carrio to mix your mic and the sounds, so you'd set Discord's input to CABLE Output. A setup guide with a live test will come with it.

Already using Voicemeeter, Wave Link, SteelSeries Sonar or Voicemod? Then you'd just pick that instead.

• It can't press Discord's own soundboard. There's no way for other apps to do that.
• Your phone needs to be awake and unlocked to read a tag.
• Discord's noise suppression can swallow short sounds. The setup guide will cover that.
• It'll be Windows only, like the rest of Carrio on the PC.

• Tabletop and D&D game masters who'd rather have cards on the table than a laptop.
• Streamers who like props.
• Friends messing about in voice chat.

• Discord's built-in soundboard is free and right there in Discord. Clips are short, and you need Nitro to use other servers' sounds.
• Soundpad is a paid app, and it doesn't need a virtual cable.
• Voicemod is a voice changer with a soundboard, and it has a phone app you can use as a remote.
• Touch Portal and Stream Deck Mobile put buttons on your phone's screen.

Carrio's twist is physical tags, and it'll be free.

I haven't set up a mailing list. If you'd like a heads-up, send me an email and I'll let you know when it's ready.