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Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 10:28 AM UTC

InfinityX0 wrote: post #54

OK, on the serious side, is the most upvoted story ever? If not, what is the most upvoted story ever? How about a list of the Top 25 All Time? Can I pay to see it?

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Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by nervechannel » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 10:37 AM UTC

In case anyone from Google Translate reads this: your URLs are highly resistant to shortening services.

Both is.gd and safe.mn mangled it, I think it's the pipe characters. Thankfully bit.ly works...

Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by kristaps » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 10:47 AM UTC

kylec wrote: post #31

julian37 wrote: post #24

On a related note, try running this on a Mac: say -v cello d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d

Or this: say -v cello droid

Just went through the OS X speech synth voices and I recognized some being used in quite a few electronic music productions, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK2NG28vKNw

Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by lacerus » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 10:52 AM UTC

eru wrote: post #9

iamdave wrote: post #6

Here's your rudiment/instrument notation zk = suspended cymbal bschk = snare pv = brush bk = bass tk = flam1 vk = roll tap kt = flam2 kttp = flam tap krp = hi hat tap pv = short roll th = better hi hat thp, ds = instant rimshot.

Try the techno-sound: Tischdecke! (Works in real life, haven't tried it on Google translate, yet. And means `table cloth'.)

For all germans here: repeat "Böse Katze" (bad cat) and you have an instant beatbox.

Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by lacerus » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 10:57 AM UTC

kjf wrote: post #53

...and so continues the long slow decline of hacker news...

Using a text-to-speech engine as a musical instrument is so on-topic in my book!

"On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."

Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by augustl » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 11:01 AM UTC

julian37 wrote: post #24

On a related note, try running this on a Mac: say -v cello d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d

I wonder why the 13th note is wrong compared to the original melody.

Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by cturner » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 11:19 AM UTC

Would it be practical to make remote calls to the listen function? Usage: if I want to have a webpage read speech automatically to the user after a javascript event, without showing the google page. I expect the first step would be loading the page in a hidden iframe.

Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by roel_v » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 11:28 AM UTC

kjf wrote: post #53

...and so continues the long slow decline of hacker news...

Beatboxing seems to be a very geeky scene. Not that I know much about it, but look at the biggest names in beatboxing - most of them would blend in no problem in any CS department. Looks don't mean much, but still, on interviews these guys give off the same vibe.

Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by kaens » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 12:29 PM UTC

lacerus wrote: post #64

eru wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try the techno-sound: Tischdecke! (Works in real life, haven't tried it on Google translate, yet. And means `table cloth'.)

For all germans here: repeat "Böse Katze" (bad cat) and you have an instant beatbox.

And for English speakers, "Scott's Boots"

Re: Google Beatbox

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Post by siculars » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 12:31 PM UTC

nervechannel wrote: post #62

In case anyone from Google Translate reads this: your URLs are highly resistant to shortening services. Both is.gd and safe.mn mangled it, I think it's the pipe characters. Thankfully bit.ly works...

I don't think there is a chance in hell that google would ever consider augmenting its url structure on behalf of or to play nice with a shortening service.