Interactive Installation
Voice Printer
The Voice Printer is an interactive installation where user pitch is printed on a thermal printer. Based on the concept of receipts as proofs: i.e. proof of purchase, proof of gifts; Voice Printer aims to hold a record, a proof of the human voice. The installation reflects a sort of communal confessional, or a confession booth, where an encoding of your voice becomes an addition to the larger conglomerate that is the Voice Printer.
Collaborator
I-Jon Hsieh
Tools
Arduino, Thermal Printer, JS Meyda Library
Timeline
15 weeks
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Project Specifications
The Voice Printer uses the JS Meyda library’s chroma and energy data to detect pitch and power of sound projected into the microphone. Signals are then sent to Arduino to print out a grayscale of ASCII characters, ranging from the least dense, ‘ ‘ (space), to the most dense, ‘#’ to visualize pitch.
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Voice Printer Documentation
Voice Printer was presented at the ITP 2022 Winter Showcase. Video edited by I-Jon Hsieh, documentation by ITP Doc Lab + Sharan Mohanadoss.