Pink Trombone

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Post by errozero » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 5:01 PM UTC

Pink Trombone
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Re: Pink Trombone

#2

Post by triclops200 » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 5:25 PM UTC

Sudden sound warning.

Re: Pink Trombone

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Post by t0mbstone » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 5:26 PM UTC

Wow! I was able to successfully recreate all sorts of letters and sounds just by imagining how my own mouth works, and then manipulating the different components on the pink trombone in the same way. I'm impressed!

Re: Pink Trombone

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Post by willchang » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 5:29 PM UTC

This is amazing. I can get it to make almost any speech sound, but one I can't get is [s], because the model lacks teeth!

Re: Pink Trombone

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Post by lqet » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 5:38 PM UTC

This reminds me of the Sprechmaschine [1] ("speaking machine") built at the end of the 18th century by Wolfgang von Kempelen (the guy who build the original mechanical turk [2]). Here is a YouTube video showing it in action (for example, the machine says "Mama" around 1:14): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_YUB_S6Gpo

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_von_Kempelen#Die_Spre...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turk

Re: Pink Trombone

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Post by slx26 » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 5:39 PM UTC

willchang wrote: post #4

This is amazing. I can get it to make almost any speech sound, but one I can't get is [s], because the model lacks teeth!

disable "always voice", and click a bit below hard palate, slightly to the right towards the lip (below the at in palate), so there will only be a small gap for the air to go through

Re: Pink Trombone

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Post by glitcher » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 5:44 PM UTC

Previous post in Apr 2017: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14135658

Re: Pink Trombone

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Post by modeless » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 5:44 PM UTC

In a similar vein: http://www.adultswim.com/etcetera/choir/

The most interesting thing about this one is the chord progressions it generates.

Re: Pink Trombone

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Post by smlacy » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 5:45 PM UTC

Would it be possible to use Reinforcement Learning + Speech Recognition to turn this thing into a real voice synthesizer?

Re: Pink Trombone

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Post by jterwill » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 5:52 PM UTC

smlacy wrote: post #9

Would it be possible to use Reinforcement Learning + Speech Recognition to turn this thing into a real voice synthesizer?

I wonder if this sort of model would lend itself well to program induction similar to this paper: https://web.mit.edu/cocosci/Papers/Science-2015-Lake-1332-8.... Having a mouth seems like it would enforce a strong inductive bias.