Software Automatic Mouth: Mark Barton — interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AFdgr-V4bQ
Jake Gross
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I am totally blind, and I am interested in archiving rare software such as old screen readers and speech synthesizers. I am also an audio and mythology nerd.
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@esoteric_programmer Timidity was a MIDI player that was originally written for Unix in the late 90s, and It was available as a plugin for the GSPlayer media Player for Windows CE in the early 2000s. Fortunately the source code for GSPlayer and it's plugins survived on the wayback machine, and I adapted the Timidity code into a C library that can be used in a variety of applications. This library is the backbone of my Timidity VSTi project, and it was really easy to build a Timidity CLAP plugin using the library I created.
I spent yesterday working on a CLAP wrapper around my library adaptation of Timidity 0.2i. For those who don't know, CLAP is a relatively modern audio plugin format that is simultaneously well designed and liberally licensed. To elaborate, it is a C interface at it's core, and is distributed under the MIT license. This is a huge breakthrough, as this means it can be used with many programming languages, and is legal to use in a wide variety of environments.
I found the plugin template in the main CLAP repository easy to follow, so I got a functioning Timidity CLAP plugin in no time.
As the plugin has no automatable parameters or GUI at this time, I haven't made a public release. However, I got bored and rendered a black MIDI through the plugin, using Reaper as a host. I added the stock compressor after the plugin's output to help prevent clipping.
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXWCHiNmIWo
Lossless download: https://datajake.braillescreen.net/misc_audio/Timidity%20CLAP%20demo%20-%20Tetris%20Theme%20A%20V4%20%28fixed%29.flac
I found the plugin template in the main CLAP repository easy to follow, so I got a functioning Timidity CLAP plugin in no time.
As the plugin has no automatable parameters or GUI at this time, I haven't made a public release. However, I got bored and rendered a black MIDI through the plugin, using Reaper as a host. I added the stock compressor after the plugin's output to help prevent clipping.
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXWCHiNmIWo
Lossless download: https://datajake.braillescreen.net/misc_audio/Timidity%20CLAP%20demo%20-%20Tetris%20Theme%20A%20V4%20%28fixed%29.flac
Timidity CLAP demo Tetris Theme A V4 fixed
b-rain"each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine"
Edit: I got those screenshots from imgur. It might be from Xitter, with the account deleted or maybe threads with the account not visible without login? 🤷
2nd Edit: @edgeofeurope found this https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1809325125159825649.html
#school #AI #KI #meme #misinformation #desinformation
Edit: I got those screenshots from imgur. It might be from Xitter, with the account deleted or maybe threads with the account not visible without login? 🤷
2nd Edit: @edgeofeurope found this https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1809325125159825649.html
#school #AI #KI #meme #misinformation #desinformation
Natasha JayIf you ever think English is not a weird language just remember that read and lead rhyme and read and lead rhyme.
But read and lead don't rhyme, and neither do read and lead.
All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who should be in charge.
"I should be in charge," said the brain, "because I run all the body's systems. Without me, nothing would happen."
"I should be in charge," said the blood, "because I circulate oxygen all over. Without me, you'd all waste away."
"I should be in charge," said the stomach, "because I process food and give all of you energy."
"I should be in charge," said the legs, "because I carry the body wherever it needs to go.""I should be in charge," said the eyes, "because I allow the body to see where it goes."
"I should be in charge," said the rectum, "because I’m responsible for waste removal."
All the other body parts laughed at the rectum and insulted him. In a huff, he shut down tight.
Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was bloated, the legs got wobbly, the eyes got watery, and the blood became toxic.
They all finally decided that the rectum should be the boss.
Moral of the story: Even though the others do all the hard work, the ass hole is usually the one in charge.
NV AccessNVDA 2025.1.2 has been released: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1-2/
This release fixes a crash when opening certain Microsoft Word versions before version 16.0.18226.
Also, a reminder that if you have downgraded from 2025.x to earlier versions, your profile may become corrupted. This can cause your profile to be reset to factory defaults when you update again, but NVDA should work correctly after that.
Jonas WisserDario recently forced me to create an account to continue using a blood sugar monitor I already own (😡), so of course I gave my name as "Fuck Off."
This turns out to have been an amazing decision, because they inject your name into their marketing emails. 😂
Andre LouisA picture is *worth* a thousand words.
You've probably heard that all your life.
It is indeed worth a thousand words in some cases... Which is why #AltText is so important.
It's worth having a thousand words written about it. Isn't it wonderful?
The saying has never been quite so poignant as it is now. Think about it.
Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺