A real conversation
Realtime and full duplex. Talk over it and it stops. Speech recognition and synthesis both run on the device.
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The OpenClaw box
built for voice.
How Teaport compares with ClawBox, Otto One and the Mac mini, and why it’s the one to buy if you want to talk to your agent.
- $699 for the appliance
- Speech on the device, 13 languages
- Talk back and forth, interrupt any time
Four boxes, side by side.
ClawBox, Otto One and the Mac mini all run stock OpenClaw, so OpenClaw’s own voice options are open to each of them. The table shows what each box ships or documents on top of that.
As of November 2026. Numbers refer to the sources at the foot of the page.
| Teaport Teaspoon AI | ClawBox ID Robots | Otto One The Tokenry, Inc. | Mac mini Apple | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $699 for the appliance, from Teaspoon AI. Or build your own, free for personal use. | €749 plus VAT. Ships in 1–3 business days.1 | $599 (8 GB) or $799 (16 GB). Backorder, estimated January 2027, with a $20 refundable deposit.4 | From $899 (M6, 16 GB, 256 GB).5 |
| Hardware | The Teaport appliance, or your own Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB. | Jetson Orin Nano Super 8 GB with a 512 GB NVMe drive.1 | Intel N95, 8 or 16 GB. Fanless and silent.4 | Apple M6, 16 GB memory, 256 GB storage.5 |
| Where the LLM runs | Wherever you point it: any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with tool calling, on your own rig or in the cloud. | Gemma 4 E2B on the box (about 29 tokens a second, vendor figure). Also Ollama, llama.cpp or your own cloud keys.1 | In the cloud only, through Otto’s Gateway or your own key.4 | On the Mac, with room for somewhat larger models than an 8 GB box. Or in the cloud. |
| Speech recognition | On the device (Voxtral). Your voice never goes to a cloud speech service. | Optional faster-whisper on the box. Cloud by default when linked to ClawBox AI, Free plan included.2 | No voice features advertised.4 | None preinstalled. Through OpenClaw: Apple’s speech recognition in Talk mode, or a cloud service.6 |
| Spoken replies | On the device (Kokoro). | Kokoro on the box, English only, with a cold start of 15 seconds or more. Cloud voice comes with the Pro and Max plans.3, 1 | — | Through OpenClaw: local voices on the Mac, or cloud voices such as ElevenLabs or OpenAI.6 |
| Conversation | Realtime and full duplex. Talk over it and it stops. | Tap the microphone, speak, and hear a spoken reply (since v4.0.0, September 2026). No realtime conversation or barge-in in its docs.1 | — | OpenClaw’s Talk mode, which you can interrupt. Realtime voice uses OpenAI gpt-realtime or Google Gemini Live, both cloud.6 |
| Languages | Understands 13 and follows you when you switch. Answers aloud in 8. | Spoken replies on the box in English only.3 | — | Set by the voice provider you choose. |
| Phone calls | Registers as its own extension on your PBX or SIP trunk. Inbound calls. | None in its docs.1 | — | Through OpenClaw with Twilio, Telnyx or Plivo and a public webhook.6 |
| Discord | Your own bot follows you into voice channels. Discord carries the audio; the listening happens on Teaport. | Voice notes in Discord, Telegram and WhatsApp. No voice-channel support in its docs.1 | — | Voice channels through OpenClaw, whose default mode uses a cloud realtime provider.6 |
| Across the room | Add the optional ReSpeaker XVF3800 mic array and it works like a smart speaker, with wake words you choose. | — | — | Built-in speaker, but no microphone listed. Add a USB mic, or talk through a paired iPhone or Mac.5 |
| Setup | Connect it to Wi-Fi from your phone, add your LLM key, and talk. | OpenClaw preinstalled. QR-code and hotspot wizard, about five minutes by the vendor’s count.1 | OpenClaw preinstalled. Tap your phone (NFC), “under five minutes” by the vendor’s count.4 | You install OpenClaw and set up voice yourself. |
A dash means we found nothing advertised or documented for that row.
Where Teaport wins.
Your voice stays on the box
No cloud speech service in a Talk session. Only text reaches the LLM.
Thirteen languages in, eight out
It follows you when you switch languages, with no picker.
A phone line, Discord and the room
An extension on your PBX, your own Discord voice bot, and a smart speaker with the optional mic array.
Where the others win.
Each one is good at something. Here is what.
ClawBox
- Ships in one to three business days.
- A small local model runs out of the box.
- Guided setup in about five minutes.
Buy a ClawBox if you want a local model in the box and mostly type to it.
Otto One
- $599 to start.
- Fanless, silent, the size of a deck of cards.
- A polished app, NFC setup and managed integrations.
Buy an Otto One if you want a quiet, managed home for an agent you type to, and a cloud model suits you.
Mac mini
- 16 GB against 8 GB, for somewhat larger local models.
- macOS, iMessage and your Apple apps.
- It doubles as a desktop computer.
Buy a Mac mini if you want a desktop computer that also runs OpenClaw.
Bring the model you already have.
Teaport doesn’t have to be your only box. Point it at the LLM you already use: a cloud API, a Mac on your desk, or a rig in the closet. Your model does the thinking. Teaport does the listening and the talking.
Questions.
Teaport or ClawBox for talking to OpenClaw?
Both can speak with Kokoro on the box. The difference is the conversation. Teaport is realtime and full duplex: talk over it and it stops, and it understands thirteen languages. ClawBox is tap-to-talk with a spoken reply, its on-box voice speaks English only, and when a box is linked to ClawBox AI its speech recognition defaults to the cloud. If you mostly type to your agent and want a local model in the box, ClawBox is a good buy. If you want to talk to it, buy Teaport.
Does my voice leave the device?
Not to a speech service. Speech recognition and voice synthesis run on Teaport, so in a Talk session your voice never goes to a cloud speech service. Only text goes to the LLM. Host the model yourself and turn web tools off, and nothing leaves your network. Phone and Discord calls travel through your phone provider or Discord, as any call does, and the listening still happens on Teaport.
Can I use Teaport with the LLM I already have?
Yes, if it offers an OpenAI-compatible endpoint with tool calling. That covers a cloud API key or a model you host yourself with llama.cpp, vLLM, Ollama or LM Studio, on a Mac or a GPU rig.
What languages does it understand?
Thirteen: English, Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian and Dutch. Switch whenever you like; there is no language picker. It answers aloud in eight of them.
Is a Mac mini better for OpenClaw?
As a desktop computer that also runs OpenClaw, it is a fine choice. The $899 model has 16 GB, twice an 8 GB box, plus macOS and iMessage. It ships with no voice set up, and Apple lists no built-in microphone. If you want to talk to your agent, add Teaport and point it at a model on the Mac or in the cloud.
How much does Teaport cost?
$699 for the appliance, which arrives with Teaport installed. Or build your own on a Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB: the software is free for personal use, and organizations need a written license.
Give your agent a voice.
The Teaport appliance is $699 and arrives with Teaport installed. Rather build your own? It runs free for personal use on a board you own.
Sources
Comparison as of November 2026. Competitor details come from each vendor’s own site and documentation, accessed 5 November 2026. Prices and specifications change, so check the source before you buy.
- ID Robots OOD, ClawBox product pages, release notes and documentation
- ClawBox technical docs, “AI providers”: cloud defaults for speech and embeddings
- ClawBox docs, “Local AI”: Kokoro speaks English only, and starts cold
- The Tokenry, Inc., Otto One product, pricing and privacy pages
- Apple, Mac mini pricing and technical specifications
- OpenClaw documentation: voice, Talk mode, voice calls, Discord and FAQ
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