April 2010
17 posts
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More exposure...
My blog post introducing Subtle Subtitles is now featured on http://www.fashioningtech.com/ ! (or for the exact post - click here) but if you click soon, you’ll see it on the front page!  Currently spending most of my time working on the degree show with postcard designs for the class: Need to get these printed soon, and work out a design for holding them, kind of like a book...
Apr 29th
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Weird, or not so weird, realisation.
I was looking out old pictures of the typeface I made for Subtle Subtitles, and realised that I should have decided on it far earlier than I did! In my initial pitch I used this image -   …And it took me months of research and user testing to come up with my handwritten, ‘chalk inspired’ font! I came to the chalk board metaphor as a way of communicating the written word but in...
Apr 28th
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Elevator Pitch
Subtle Subtitles clarifies conversation with people with dysarthric speech by presenting subtitles in our peripheral vision in an intuitively crafted wearable. Those familiar with the impediment understand the slurred speech however, as with other variances in expression, strangers struggle to ‘tune in’ to the conversation. Current solutions for this communication difficulty use synthesised speech...
Apr 28th
WatchWatch
hellopablo: SlopeScope has a concept video! Music is The War on Spoken Word by Let’s Fighting Love. Well done Pablo, I’ll be next to him at the degree show, so have a look!
Apr 27th
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WatchWatch
Demonstration of application.
Apr 27th
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Woo! Website
I have a project website and it’s nice. I spent today filming a ‘demo’ video, purely so that when I am not at the exhibit, there is a clear description and walk through of the process involved in using the scarf. I have omitted the ‘prototype’ parts for the sake of this demo, for example the fact that a computer microphone is being used as opposed to a microphone...
Apr 26th
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Exposure...
As I’m polishing up the project for exhibition, “subtle subtitles” has started to receive some interest online, which is incredibly exciting!!! Subtle subtitles : short film | Iphone Applications and Hacks Interactive Subtle Subtitles Scarf Helps People With Speech Problem - Techfemina Subtle Subtitles Scarf helps people with speech disorders How exciting!!!  Oh and...
Apr 23rd
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Apr 21st
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Subtle Subtitles Film
Interaction Design degree project: Documentary demonstrating context of a working prototype of an iphone app that subtitles people who are losing the ability to speak clearly. (In particular ‘ataxic dysphonia’). The iphone is held in an interchangeable scarf, and through a system of filtration that I have developed, and existing speech recognition technologies, only the vital words in a...
Apr 19th
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Endless talents...
SO I have spent the bulk of today mashing up a background track / music for my film, and I THINK I’m done. I am sick of the site of my piano / laptop / lots of cables / books but am impressed that I can “plug in” and record directly in computer land. Making it ‘happy’ was clearly a massive issue as well, it’s just not the most ‘joyous’ of films. But...
Apr 18th
Apr 18th
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Apr 13th
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'On location': Day 1.
So that is me ‘half way’ through the shoot of the film. So far, so good. The deliverable is 1 minute, which I will do my best to stick to but some of the shots are too nice to ditch! At the moment, although I have a few hours of footage, the film stands at over a minute but that’s just with a quick rough cut and splice. Better to be in this position than struggling for...
Apr 8th
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Apr 7th
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New label, attached microphone.
Not so happy sewing, but as promised I have changed the label, it’s a little smaller and includes symbols for treatment of the ipod.
Apr 2nd
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ListenPossible Monologue: This might be used in the...
Apr 1st
Apr 1st