Ashley John Pigford // Portfolio of Objects, Sounds and Situations
Sound Poetry Printer

This is a ‘hacked’ Smith Corona XL-2500 electric typrewriter that has been programmed, (via Max/MSP), to translate spoken sounds into text. It uses an Arduino micro-controller and various electronic components.

img_0602 Still in breadboard phase.
Video demonstration of the typewriter printing an excerpt from the spoken sound poetry piece “Ursonate” by Kurt Schwitters. The typewriter is moving slowly in this demonstration.