Lost in Narration: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:51, 12 November 2024

Short description

"Language refracts meaning as it moves across mediums. In this performance, a live script flows through multiple phases of narration and musical transformation, each filter subtly altering the narrative before it's turned into a fixed, printed record. Viewers are invited to experience the tension, misinterpretation, and elasticity of language as the narrative shifts and the original is forgotten."

longer version and drafts can be found → https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Speech_to_project_description

Cookbook

[Meeting-01] 08/11/2024
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Speech_to_project_
Thinking about the structure of the performance, timetable and spacing.
Now Zuhui is writing the first draft of the description.

[Meeting-02] 11/11/2024
Actually deciding on the floor plan, material needed and description on the project.
Handing the info over to Logistics

Kiara trying to make the python process work

First step was to make the sounddevice python library work through [vosk].

How to install and run the speech recognition (windows recipe)

create a dedicated folder on the computer, where you want to store the scripts and written files
install souddevice with pip install sounddevice
install vosk with pip install vosk
download this file and put it in the folder
cd in your folder through the terminal
run python test_microphone.py
You can now see the text being printed in the console while you speak!!! The program is stopped with CTRL+C.
(optional) you can go modify the test_microphone.py by commenting lines 80 and 81. This prevents the program to print the partial result of it trying to recognise what's being said
if you want to print the content being recorder into a text file, run python test_microphone.py ›› stderrout.txt. The ›› means that it will append the new data in the file if you stop the program. If you want to overwrite everytime, simply use ›.
Printing in a file makes the terminal output invisible

This is now working, and we can choose to either stop there or print the result with the thermal printer The aim being to send it to the thermal printer, let's try to do this.

How to install the thermal printer

obviously connect the thermal printer to the laptop and turn it on
install pyusb with pip install pysub and download the libusb-win32 packages here
install lib-usb and all the drivers through Zadig: in Options select List All Devices and from the dropdown select the printer device. Then, go through the list of drivers with the arrows and install the WCID Driver for each. IMPORTANT: Replace the printer's driver with the libusb-win32 driver, this is what allows the connection. Zadig will also give you the printer's id, which are needed in the script.py file we're creating later.
install ESC/POS with pip install python-escpos

create a new .py file in your folder, via the code editor, call it script.py and put the code below, don't forget to change the ids in the parenthesis. Now you can run python script.py to see the magic happening!

 from escpos.printer import Usb
 iprinter = Usb(0x0483, 0x811E, in_ep=0x81, out_ep=0x02) #here you replace 0483 and 811E with the ids provided by Zadig
 iprinter.text("hello world")
 iprinter.qr("https://xpub.nl")

Okay. We have the sounddevice recording, and the printer printing. Now, we want to have the printer printing what the microphone is getting.

How to merge the scripts
- Ask ChatGPT (not proud about this one...) to merge test_microphone.py and script.py

M A G I C

On the first try of the script working, I tried speaking French to it, not working but amusing.
The print!!!!

Refs and resources

Stranger than fiction (movie)
Lost in translation (movie)
curl -v https://google.com

Bunch of links for the python process (Kiara)

Zadig
PyUSB
Debugging PyUSB
test_microphone.py file
How to use libusb on Windows
What was actually the solution to get the printer to work
For when I was still looking into the printer errors
That too
Python ECP/POS official page

Event Rider

Items

Laptop x2
Screen + stand (maybe the one in the studio but it can't turn vertical)
Microphones x2 + mixer
Thermal printer + lots of paper
Tables x1 (2 by 1)
Chairs x5

Space

X x Xm
Internet needed
Power plugs - at least 2 or 3

Time

start at 3pm and run the whole day (not constant), people relaying
Sound output is working live and also after

(After 30 minutes to an hour into the performance, audience is invited to approach the microphone and read the script aloud.)

Floor plan

A piece of wall is needed to sit the two livescripters.

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   "Language refracts meaning as it moves across mediums. In this performance, a live script flows through multiple phases of narration and musical transformation, each filter subtly altering the narrative before it's turned into a fixed, printed record. Viewers are invited to experience the tension, misinterpretation, and elasticity of language as the narrative shifts and the original is forgotten."
+longer version and drafts can be found → https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Speech_to_project_description
-drafts and full version can be found : https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Speech_to_project_description
 ==Cookbook==
@@ Line 9: / Line 8: @@
 https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Speech_to_project_ <br>
 Thinking about the structure of the performance, timetable and spacing.<br>
-Now Zuhui is writing the first draft of the description.
+Now Zuhui is writing the first draft of the description.<br>
+'''[Meeting-02]''' 11/11/2024<br>
+Actually deciding on the floor plan, material needed and description on the project.<br>
+Handing the info over to Logistics
+===Kiara trying to make the python process work===
+<p>First step was to make the <code>sounddevice</code> python library work through [vosk].</p>
+<ul>
+<li>How to install and run the speech recognition (windows recipe)</li>
+<ul>
+<li>create a dedicated folder on the computer, where you want to store the scripts and written files</li>
+<li>install souddevice with <code>pip install sounddevice</code></li>
+<li>install vosk with <code>pip install vosk</code></li>
+<li>download [https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api/blob/master/python/example/test_microphone.py this file] and put it in the folder</li>
+<li>cd in your folder through the terminal</li>
+<li>run <code>python test_microphone.py</code> <br>
+<span style="text-indent: 10px; font-style: italic;">You can now see the text being printed in the console while you speak!!! The program is stopped with <code>CTRL+C</code></span>.</li>
+<li>(optional) you can go modify the <code>test_microphone.py</code> by commenting lines 80 and 81. This prevents the program to print the partial result of it trying to recognise what's being said</li>
+<li>if you want to print the content being recorder into a text file, run <code>python test_microphone.py ›› stderrout.txt</code>. The <code>››</code> means that it will append the new data in the file if you stop the program. If you want to overwrite everytime, simply use <code>›</code>. <br>
+<span style="text-indent: 10px; font-style: italic;">Printing in a file makes the terminal output invisible</span></li>
+</ul></ul>
+This is now working, and we can choose to either stop there or print the result with the thermal printer The aim being to send it to the thermal printer, let's try to do this.<br>
+<ul>
+<li>How to install the thermal printer</li>
+<ul>
+<li style="font-style: italic;">obviously connect the thermal printer to the laptop and turn it on</li>
+<li>install [https://github.com/walac/pyusb?tab=readme-ov-file pyusb] with <code>pip install pysub</code> and download the libusb-win32 packages [https://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb-win32/ here]</li>
+<li>install lib-usb and all the drivers through [https://zadig.akeo.ie/ Zadig]: in Options select ''List All Devices'' and from the dropdown select the printer device. Then, go through the list of drivers with the arrows and install the WCID Driver for each. '''IMPORTANT''': Replace the printer's driver with the <code>libusb-win32</code> driver, this is what allows the connection. Zadig will also give you the printer's id, which are needed in the <code>script.py</code> file we're creating later.
+<gallery widths="200" style="text-align: center;">
+File:Zadig-og.png
+File:Zadig-01.png
+File:Zadig-02.png
+File:Zadig-param-og.png
+</gallery></li>
+<li>install ESC/POS with <code>pip install python-escpos</code></li>
+<li>create a new .py file in your folder, via the code editor, call it <code>script.py</code> and put the code below, don't forget to change the ids in the parenthesis. Now you can run <code>python script.py</code> to see the magic happening!
+<source lang=python>
+ from escpos.printer import Usb
+ iprinter = Usb(0x0483, 0x811E, in_ep=0x81, out_ep=0x02) #here you replace 0483 and 811E with the ids provided by Zadig
+ iprinter.text("hello world")
+ iprinter.qr("https://xpub.nl")
+</source></li>
+</ul></ul>
+Okay. We have the sounddevice recording, and the printer printing. Now, we want to have the printer printing what the microphone is getting.
+*How to merge the scripts
+**Ask ChatGPT (not proud about this one...) to merge <code>test_microphone.py</code> and <code>script.py</code>
+<p style="background-color: pink; font-size: 24pt; padding: 0 5px; width: fit-content; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">M A G I C</p><gallery mode="packed-hover" widths="200" heights="400">
+File:Try01 speakFrench.png|On the first try of the script working, I tried speaking French to it, not working but amusing.
+File:Try01 print.jpg|The print!!!!
+</gallery>
 ==Refs and resources==
-; Stranger than fiction (movie)
+;Stranger than fiction (movie)
-; Lost in translation (movie)
+;Lost in translation (movie)
-; curl -v <nowiki>https://google.com</nowiki>: https://youtu.be/atcqMWqB3hw?si=t7vMCGAfetBS-0Qx
+;[https://youtu.be/atcqMWqB3hw?si=t7vMCGAfetBS-0Qx curl -v https://google.com]
+*Bunch of links for the python process (Kiara)
+:;[https://zadig.akeo.ie/ Zadig]
+:;[https://github.com/walac/pyusb PyUSB]
+:; [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77680842/notimplementederror-using-pyusb-on-windows10 Debugging PyUSB]
+:;[https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api/blob/master/python/example/test_microphone.py test_microphone.py file]
+:;[https://github.com/libusb/libusb/wiki/Windows#How_to_use_libusb_on_Windows How to use libusb on Windows]
+:;[https://github.com/python-escpos/python-escpos/issues/384#issuecomment-607456362 What was '''actually''' the solution to get the printer to work]
+:;[https://superuser.com/questions/1411312/is-there-an-equivalent-to-linuxs-lsusb-in-windows For when I was still looking into the printer errors]
+:;[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69709241/how-can-i-get-the-full-instance-id-using-a-substring-of-the-deviceid That too]
+:;[https://pypi.org/project/python-escpos/ Python ECP/POS official page]
 <!-- ==Additional info== -->
-==Event Rider==
+== Event Rider==
 ===Items===
 * Laptop x2
-* Screen + stand (maybe the one in the studio but it can't turn vertical)
+*Screen + stand (maybe the one in the studio but it can't turn vertical)
-* Microphones x2 + mixer
+*Microphones x2 + mixer
-* Thermal printer + lots of paper
+*Thermal printer + lots of paper
 * Tables x1 (2 by 1)
-* Chairs x5
+*Chairs x5
 ===Space===
-* X x Xm
+*X x Xm
 * Internet needed
-* Power plugs - at least 2 or 3
+*Power plugs - at least 2 or 3
 ===Time===
@@ Line 36: / Line 99: @@
 Sound output is working live and also after<br>
 <br>
-(After approximately 30 minutes to an hour into the performance, audience is be invited to approach the microphone and read the script aloud.)
+(After 30 minutes to an hour into the performance, audience is invited to approach the microphone and read the script aloud.)
 ===Floor plan===
+A piece of wall is needed to sit the two livescripters.