diff --git a/public/arcade/index.html b/public/arcade/index.html
index 5bf165d9..bad7c018 100644
--- a/public/arcade/index.html
+++ b/public/arcade/index.html
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   <!-- <style href="style.css"></style> -->
   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
   <script src="data-loader.js"></script>
+  <script src="/yap.js"></script>
   <script>
 
     const containerImages = [
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@
             console.log(`${msg.character}:${msg.message}`)
             document.querySelector('#shopkeeper').src = msg.characterURL || characterImage(msg.character)
             document.querySelector('.shop-dialogue').innerHTML = msg.message
+            if (msg.character === 'Dino') {
+              yap(msg.message, {baseRate: 3.9, rateVariance: 1})
+            } else {
+              // raccoon
+              yap(msg.message, {baseRate: 2.9, rateVariance: 1})
+            }
           } else {
             document.querySelector('.shop-dialogue').innerHTML = '...'
           }
diff --git a/public/yap.js b/public/yap.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf908944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/yap.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+async function yap(text, {
+  letterCallback = () => {},
+  baseRate = 1.9,
+  rateVariance = 0.50,
+  volume = 0.50
+}) {
+
+  const yap_sounds = {
+    // these sounds and most of the yapping code are adapted from https://github.com/equalo-official/animalese-generator
+    a: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/a.wav', volume }),
+    b: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/b.wav', volume }),
+    c: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/c.wav', volume }),
+    d: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/d.wav', volume }),
+    e: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/e.wav', volume }),
+    f: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/f.wav', volume }),
+    g: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/g.wav', volume }),
+    h: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/h.wav', volume }),
+    i: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/i.wav', volume }),
+    j: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/j.wav', volume }),
+    k: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/k.wav', volume }),
+    l: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/l.wav', volume }),
+    m: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/m.wav', volume }),
+    n: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/n.wav', volume }),
+    o: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/o.wav', volume }),
+    p: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/p.wav', volume }),
+    q: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/q.wav', volume }),
+    r: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/r.wav', volume }),
+    s: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/s.wav', volume }),
+    t: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/t.wav', volume }),
+    u: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/u.wav', volume }),
+    v: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/v.wav', volume }),
+    w: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/w.wav', volume }),
+    x: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/x.wav', volume }),
+    y: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/y.wav', volume }),
+    z: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/z.wav', volume }),
+    th: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/th.wav', volume }),
+    sh: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/sh.wav', volume }),
+    _: new Howl({ src: '/bin/yapping/_.wav', volume })
+  }
+
+  text = text.toLowerCase();
+  const yap_queue = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+    const char = text[i];
+    try {
+      if (char === 's' && text[i + 1] === 'h') { // test for 'sh' sound
+        yap_queue.push(yap_sounds['sh']);
+        continue;
+      } else if (char === 't' && text[i + 1] === 'h') { // test for 'th' sound
+        yap_queue.push(yap_sounds['th']);
+        continue;
+      } else if (char === 'h' && (text[i - 1] === 's' || text[i - 1] === 't')) { // test if previous letter was 's' or 't' and current letter is 'h'
+        yap_queue.push(yap_sounds['_']);
+        continue;
+      } else if (char === ',' || char === '?' || char === '.') {
+        yap_queue.push(yap_sounds['_']);
+        continue;
+      } else if (char === text[i - 1]) { // skip repeat letters
+        yap_queue.push(yap_sounds['_']);
+        continue;
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      // who cares. pick up a foot ball
+    }
+    if (!char.match(/[a-zA-Z.]/)) {
+      yap_queue.push(yap_sounds['_']);
+      continue; // skip characters that are not letters or periods
+    }
+    yap_queue.push(yap_sounds[char]);
+  }
+
+  function next_yap() {
+    letterCallback(yap_queue.length)
+    if (yap_queue.length === 0) return;
+    let noise = yap_queue.shift();
+    noise.rate(Math.random() * rateVariance + baseRate);
+    noise.once('end', next_yap)
+    noise.play();
+  }
+
+  next_yap();
+}
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