More text to screech
December 4, 2008
Updated version of the Bare Wires text interface; [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi9olQyxfzE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0]
Tech
Bare Wires – text to screech
November 29, 2008
Hers is a very early and approximate proof-of-concept video of a possible text-to-screech interface for ‘Bare Wires’; [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npii4-3awcQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0] The idea is to have a laptop and screen onstage, visible to the audience. The setup is used by various performers during the piece, in various ways; to address the audience, or to direct an improvisation, ask questions, tell a story… anything, really. ’text-to-screech’ is my coining for taking familiar text-to-speak technology built into many modern computers, and mangle it, creatively misuse it. ...