<div dir="ltr">After some review and feedback from others (and more review) I've tweaked the system a little bit. Please let me know how it sounds. Thanks.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 February 2016 at 00:22, Rubin Abdi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rubin@starset.net" target="_blank">rubin@starset.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi all.<div><br></div><div>TL;DR: I've installed some new speakers and an amp in the rack. The bass is now turned down all the way and the volume is set to something pleasant. Additionally I've found a new TTS voice, Mary Poppins, that has been reasonable/bearable for all the people I've asked to listen to it. The ability to mute Mary Poppins has been spruced up. And lastly I've made Mary a little less verbose.</div><div><br></div><div>Again when we had the thing running before we had a bunch more people donate money than we had prior due to Mary reminding people to do so, and there were other people who were thankfully happy to be reminded about last BART. There's a lot of benefit to having Mary talk than not.</div><div><br></div><div>At this point we're going to run an experiment with Mary. If people have a legitimate problem with it, they are welcome to reply back to this thread (or better yet talk with me in person) and provide better solutions to such problems.</div><div><br></div><div>To mute Mary for 60 minutes, please go to the URL listed on the paper hanging on the bottom of the rack. If you don't have a phone or computer to hit the URL with, please use one of the internet terminals sitting at the back of the space.</div><div><br></div><div>If you want to mute Mary for longer (if you're running an event in the Hackitorium) you can either ask on Slack or email the av@ Noisebridge mailing list (which can be found on the mute URL). Please do not abuse the mute because you'd like to use it as a sort of protest instead of actually talking with me so we can find a better solution together.</div><div><br></div><div>Zach: I would appreciate hearing the opinions of your golden ears regarding volume level.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 December 2015 at 01:22, Zach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:organic_unity@yahoo.com" target="_blank">organic_unity@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Thanks for the infos Rubin. (and I hope you are having fun in Ireland!)<br>
<br>
I agree with some of those benefits for sure. Especially the trash and donations. Is there a way (at the very least) to disable it for the regular meeting hours between 7pm-9pm? This thing drives me nuts at meetings and pegasus wouldn't mute it a few weeks ago (we tried).<br>
Also one notable problem with this that bums me is the annoyance of needing net access to mute it. I don't come to NB with a laptop and I feel like things in the space which require one are a bit annoying. Could we *please* have a physical mute button we could press? I'm all about hacking in the physical realm of things and this would be so lovely.<br>
<br>
I also think this thing would be just as effective at 6db to 12db lower volume. The volume it currently is set at is really grating.<br>
thats just my two cents.<br>
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-Zach<br>
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<span>On Thu, 12/24/15, Rubin Abdi <<a href="mailto:rubin@starset.net" target="_blank">rubin@starset.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] The auto voice device on the ceiling<br>
</span> To: "mohammed Gh" <<a href="mailto:mahomagh@gmail.com" target="_blank">mahomagh@gmail.com</a>><br>
Cc: "NoiseBridge Discuss" <<a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a>><br>
Date: Thursday, December 24, 2015, 11:57 PM<br>
<span><br>
Greeting<br>
from Dublin Ireland, and eventually 32C3.<br>
First off please don't mess with<br>
the rack. Since we've moved it up to the ceiling and<br>
made it difficult to get into, the internet has worked<br>
pretty flawlessly without much down time.<br>
The computer voice that speaks was<br>
implemented a few months ago. In the evening it speaks up<br>
coming BART times, and through out the day it randomly asks<br>
people to donate.<br>
Since we've set this up<br>
we've observed a few things...<br>
1. A few people have thanked us for<br>
setting it up, as they didn't miss the last<br>
</span> BART.2. There was an immediate influx of random<br>
cash donations.3. People have stated they've<br>
remembered to take out the trash.4. People have<br>
<span> stated that it made the notion of closing the space a little<br>
more official and easier to ask others to<br>
</span> leave.5. Sometimes there are classes and events<br>
<span> where people would like the voice to not randomly go<br>
</span> off.6. There isn't a single voice that<br>
<div><div> everyone is happy with or can understand.7.<br>
Someone else with access to pegasus has been trying to play<br>
with the speaker volume, which as caused the thing to end up<br>
getting too loud.<br>
Because of reasons 1 and 2 we would<br>
like to see the computer voice not go away.<br>
Because of reason 5, there's a<br>
web site (which is printed and posted on the sides of the<br>
rack) which will allow you to mute the voice for the current<br>
hour. Additionally you can simply email the discuss list<br>
stating you've got an event going on and would like to<br>
not have the voice go off.<br>
Because of reason 6 not everyone<br>
will be happy with this thing. The last time I rotated the<br>
voice around was a few weeks ago. The voice we're<br>
currently using (espeak -ven-westindies+f4 "$*")<br>
that those folks in the space that night could agree on as<br>
being the least offensive.<br>
I am happy to change the voice to a<br>
better (FOSS) TTS alternative. The prior voice I used came<br>
from MaryTTS. If you have an alternative that you feel is<br>
better, I'll be delighted to meet up with you in the<br>
space for a demo and switch it over if it actually does<br>
sound good.<br>
Since a<br>
bunch of us are traveling right now, I've gone through<br>
and disabled all the scheduled jobs to make the thing speak.<br>
I will turn it back on when I return after the 10th of<br>
January and be open to any discussion leading to a better<br>
constructive solution that isn't "it's loud and<br>
annoying and should go away".<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
On 25 December 2015 at<br>
06:06, mohammed Gh <<a href="mailto:mahomagh@gmail.com" target="_blank">mahomagh@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
I am down to meet this weekend.<br>
<br>
On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at<br>
2:52 PM, Ronald Cotoni <<a href="mailto:setient@gmail.com" target="_blank">setient@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
Agreed! <br>
Lets meet up and talk about some ideas? Maybe sometime<br>
this weekend?<br>
<br>
<br>
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On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Zach R <<a href="mailto:organicunity@hotmail.com" target="_blank">organicunity@hotmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
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><br>
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> Agreed. It was a cool idea and I think there are ways<br>
to make it work. But<br>
<br>
> it has interrupted classes a lot and especially been a<br>
nuisance at meetings<br>
<br>
> where I can't hear people talking across the<br>
room.<br>
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><br>
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><br>
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> <<a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss-bounces@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">noisebridge-discuss-bounces@lists.noisebridge.net</a>><br>
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> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 12:03 PM<br>
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> To: Ronald Cotoni<br>
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> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] The auto voice<br>
device on the ceiling<br>
<br>
><br>
<br>
> I agree it is loud and annoying in many occasions of<br>
the day especially when<br>
<br>
> it is quite and every one is hacking on something and<br>
not wondering about<br>
<br>
> the bart schedule.<br>
<br>
><br>
<br>
> This is not the first time I hear a complain about it<br>
and I think it is time<br>
<br>
> to apply the and only rule we have and find a middle<br>
ground.<br>
<br>
><br>
<br>
> "Be Excellent to Each Others "<br>
<br>
><br>
<br>
> Happy holiday to you all.<br>
<br>
><br>
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> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Ronald Cotoni <<a href="mailto:setient@gmail.com" target="_blank">setient@gmail.com</a>><br>
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>><br>
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>> No but you could donate. I believe it suppresses<br>
it or something.<br>
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>><br>
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>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 9:43 AM n <<a href="mailto:jpk@pobox.com" target="_blank">jpk@pobox.com</a>><br>
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>>><br>
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>>> Is there any way to lower the volume on that<br>
auto voice that<br>
<br>
>>> periodically goes off 24/7?<br>
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>>><br>
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>>> I tried the url posted on it and it doesn't<br>
work.<br>
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