[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge-discuss Digest, Vol 100, Issue 9
Jehan Tremback
jehan.tremback at gmail.com
Wed Feb 10 18:28:39 UTC 2016
People are just much more inclined to listen to a robotic voice from the
ceiling telling them to do work, give money, or leave an area vs being told
the same things by a lowly human.
"I'm not telling you to leave, it's our robot overlord. Please don't make
it angry. We can calm it by putting money in the box"
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> 1. Re: The auto voice device on the ceiling (Rubin Abdi)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net>
> To: Zach <organic_unity at yahoo.com>
> Cc: NoiseBridge Discuss <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:18:21 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] The auto voice device on the ceiling
> 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.
>
> On 4 February 2016 at 00:22, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Zach: I would appreciate hearing the opinions of your golden ears
>> regarding volume level.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> On 25 December 2015 at 01:22, Zach <organic_unity at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the infos Rubin. (and I hope you are having fun in Ireland!)
>>>
>>> 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).
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> thats just my two cents.
>>>
>>> -Zach
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> On Thu, 12/24/15, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] The auto voice device on the ceiling
>>> To: "mohammed Gh" <mahomagh at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: "NoiseBridge Discuss" <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
>>> Date: Thursday, December 24, 2015, 11:57 PM
>>>
>>> Greeting
>>> from Dublin Ireland, and eventually 32C3.
>>> First off please don't mess with
>>> the rack. Since we've moved it up to the ceiling and
>>> made it difficult to get into, the internet has worked
>>> pretty flawlessly without much down time.
>>> The computer voice that speaks was
>>> implemented a few months ago. In the evening it speaks up
>>> coming BART times, and through out the day it randomly asks
>>> people to donate.
>>> Since we've set this up
>>> we've observed a few things...
>>> 1. A few people have thanked us for
>>> setting it up, as they didn't miss the last
>>> BART.2. There was an immediate influx of random
>>> cash donations.3. People have stated they've
>>> remembered to take out the trash.4. People have
>>> stated that it made the notion of closing the space a little
>>> more official and easier to ask others to
>>> leave.5. Sometimes there are classes and events
>>> where people would like the voice to not randomly go
>>> off.6. There isn't a single voice that
>>> everyone is happy with or can understand.7.
>>> Someone else with access to pegasus has been trying to play
>>> with the speaker volume, which as caused the thing to end up
>>> getting too loud.
>>> Because of reasons 1 and 2 we would
>>> like to see the computer voice not go away.
>>> Because of reason 5, there's a
>>> web site (which is printed and posted on the sides of the
>>> rack) which will allow you to mute the voice for the current
>>> hour. Additionally you can simply email the discuss list
>>> stating you've got an event going on and would like to
>>> not have the voice go off.
>>> Because of reason 6 not everyone
>>> will be happy with this thing. The last time I rotated the
>>> voice around was a few weeks ago. The voice we're
>>> currently using (espeak -ven-westindies+f4 "$*")
>>> that those folks in the space that night could agree on as
>>> being the least offensive.
>>> I am happy to change the voice to a
>>> better (FOSS) TTS alternative. The prior voice I used came
>>> from MaryTTS. If you have an alternative that you feel is
>>> better, I'll be delighted to meet up with you in the
>>> space for a demo and switch it over if it actually does
>>> sound good.
>>> Since a
>>> bunch of us are traveling right now, I've gone through
>>> and disabled all the scheduled jobs to make the thing speak.
>>> I will turn it back on when I return after the 10th of
>>> January and be open to any discussion leading to a better
>>> constructive solution that isn't "it's loud and
>>> annoying and should go away".
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> On 25 December 2015 at
>>> 06:06, mohammed Gh <mahomagh at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> I am down to meet this weekend.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at
>>> 2:52 PM, Ronald Cotoni <setient at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> Agreed!
>>> Lets meet up and talk about some ideas? Maybe sometime
>>> this weekend?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Zach R <organicunity at hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Agreed. It was a cool idea and I think there are ways
>>> to make it work. But
>>>
>>> > it has interrupted classes a lot and especially been a
>>> nuisance at meetings
>>>
>>> > where I can't hear people talking across the
>>> room.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > ________________________________
>>>
>>> > From: noisebridge-discuss-bounces at lists.noisebridge.net
>>>
>>> > <noisebridge-discuss-bounces at lists.noisebridge.net>
>>> on behalf of mohammed Gh
>>>
>>> > <mahomagh at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> > Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 12:03 PM
>>>
>>> > To: Ronald Cotoni
>>>
>>> > Cc: NoiseBridge Discuss
>>>
>>> > Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] The auto voice
>>> device on the ceiling
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > I agree it is loud and annoying in many occasions of
>>> the day especially when
>>>
>>> > it is quite and every one is hacking on something and
>>> not wondering about
>>>
>>> > the bart schedule.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > This is not the first time I hear a complain about it
>>> and I think it is time
>>>
>>> > to apply the and only rule we have and find a middle
>>> ground.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > "Be Excellent to Each Others "
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Happy holiday to you all.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Ronald Cotoni <setient at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> No but you could donate. I believe it suppresses
>>> it or something.
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 9:43 AM n <jpk at pobox.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> Is there any way to lower the volume on that
>>> auto voice that
>>>
>>> >>> periodically goes off 24/7?
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> I tried the url posted on it and it doesn't
>>> work.
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> Nick
>>>
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