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.
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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. |
