Set Pimi up on your stream

Five minutes, once. You need Google Chrome (the tested browser), OBS Studio and a microphone. Pimi's dashboard is in French for now; this guide walks you through it.

1Sign in with Twitch

On heypimi.com, click "Sign in with Twitch" and authorize Pimi. You land on your Pimi dashboard (/admin).

2Copy your overlay link

In the dashboard, copy your overlay link ("Lien overlay"). It's the page your viewers will see: dice, wheel, Pimi's answers.

This link is personal: don't share it (anyone who has it could see your overlay, nothing more).

3Add the overlay to OBS

  1. In your scene, click + then Browser.
  2. URL: paste your overlay link.
  3. Width / Height: your scene's resolution, usually 1920 × 1080.
  4. Check "Control audio via OBS" so Pimi's voice goes through your mixer.
  5. Uncheck "Shutdown source when not visible": otherwise Pimi disconnects when you switch scenes.
  6. Keep the default custom CSS: the overlay's background is transparent.
  7. Put the source above your game and webcam. The wheel and the dice fill the whole source: to make them smaller, resize the source in the scene.

After a Pimi update: right-click the source → Properties → "Refresh cache of current page".

4Start Pimi

In the Pimi dashboard, click "Démarrer le stream" (start) and allow the microphone. Keep this tab open during your stream (it can stay in the background): it's the one listening for "Hey Pimi".

Your voice is only sent to Pimi after "Hey Pimi", and is never recorded. The dashboard's activity console shows what Pimi understood.

5Talk to Pimi

Say "Hey Pimi", then your request. Pimi shows up on stream as soon as it hears you, and thinks while it prepares the answer. A few ideas:

  • "Hey Pimi, roll a twenty-sided die"
  • "Hey Pimi, roll two six-sided dice"
  • "Hey Pimi, give me a number between 1 and 100"
  • "Hey Pimi, spin the wheel between pizza, sushi and burger"
  • "Hey Pimi, pick a random class" (Pimi knows the game you're streaming)
  • "Hey Pimi, heads or tails?"
  • "Hey Pimi, what's the capital of Australia?" (answer read out loud)

6If it doesn't work

  • Pimi doesn't hear me: check that the right microphone is allowed for heypimi.com in Chrome, say "Hey Pimi" clearly, and see whether the dashboard shows "Mot-clé détecté" (wake word detected). You can also raise the wake word sensitivity in "Réglages" (settings).
  • Pimi misunderstood: the activity console shows what it heard. Rephrase more simply.
  • A colored background shows in OBS or the wheel doesn't spin: refresh the source's cache (step 3).
  • No sound: click "Tester la voix de Pimi" (test Pimi's voice) in your dashboard, then check "Control audio via OBS" and the source's volume in the mixer.
  • "Limite de commandes atteinte" (command limit reached): today's quota is used up, it comes back the next day.

Still stuck? Write to us at contact@heypimi.com, with what the activity console shows.