Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video]

Re:Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video] by adrianN on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @03:35AM (#11108579)

It's like with those "Play X backwards to hear the Devil" type videos. You understand it perfectly with subtitles, but close your eyes and it's gibberish.

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Re:Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video] by userbinator on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @06:06AM (#11109101)

I remember when this first came out there was some discussion (possibly here on HN?) that even the sound in the video was post-processed by overlaying some of the original voice. Although I can't seem to find it now, there's a recording of the piano without this editing, and it's far less comprehensible. In other words, they're cheating a little.

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Re:Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video] by scrollaway on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @08:30AM (#11109636)

This article talks about that effect (with a similar example):

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/sounds...

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Re:Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video] by th-ai on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @12:43PM (#11111641)

great link thanks! it's like the McGurk Effect https://youtu.be/G-lN8vWm3m0, and why I time Vocal Text to appear just before you hear it https://youtu.be/b-jrV7LyN7E

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Re:Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video] by Frenchgeek on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @04:03AM (#11108655)

( Strangely enough, that's also how I 'hear' most politicians.... )

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