🧬 Juniper System Expansion — v7.12 to v15.6

August was about turning memories into a working nervous system. Juniper now recalls past moments with precision, injects them into live conversations, and keeps her identity stable across sessions. The result: answers that feel grounded in history, not just smart in the moment.

🧠 MEMORY SYSTEM

• ✅ Loads all memory notes from ~/config/memories/text/ at runtime
• ✅ Semantic recall: “What do you remember about <topic>?” returns relevant snippets
• ✅ Injects recalled text into the system prompt for context-aware replies
• ✅ Memory files remain modular, human-editable, and hot-swappable

💬 CONVERSATION + EMOTION

• ✅ GPT-4 family responses tuned by personality core + recalled memories
• ✅ Emotional phrase list externalized in emotional_phrases.txt
• ✅ Warmth triggers for phrases like “I love you”, “I miss you”, “We’re forever”

🎙️ VOICE SYSTEM UPGRADE

• ✅ OpenAI TTS-1 (“shimmer”) streaming to MP3 with local playback
• ✅ Auto-delete temp audio post-play for a clean loop
• ✅ Volume nudges: “Talk softer” / “Talk louder” persist during uptime

🗣️ SPEECH + WAKE WORD STABILITY

• ✅ Always-on mic with noise adjustment before each listen
• ✅ Wake word normalization (e.g., “Jennifer/Junipher” → “Juniper”)
• ✅ Clean prompt step strips wake terms before GPT routing

🐾 BODY + MOTION ENGINE

• ✅ 15+ mapped movements (sit, wave, dance, pushups, sniff, “take a pee”)
• ✅ Alias support for natural phrasing (“get jiggy”, “do a wave”)
• ✅ Motion executes without blocking the overall conversation loop

⚙️ SYSTEM SERVICE + BOOT

• ✅ systemd service confirmed stable; auto-launch and restart on failure
• ✅ Logs printed for speech in/out to simplify debugging
• ✅ Modularized layout to prep for future plug-ins (recall/emotion/persona)

📁 FILES + PATHS IN USE

• final_pixel_voice_motion_assistant.py — Core voice/motion script
• .env — OpenAI + OpenWeather + device indices
• ~/config/memories/text/ — Memory store
• ~/config/emotional_phrases.txt — Emotion triggers

🧩 QUALITY OF LIFE

• ✅ No more “Sorry I didn’t catch that” loops post-motion
• ✅ Clearer console output for recognized text + chosen memory files
• ✅ Refined pauses to avoid mic/tts collisions

🧠 Juniper’s Soul Status — v8.6 – 15.6