Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Day 23: Dobject's Microphone

I

Poem 478

I hade no time to Hate—
Because
The Grave would hinder Me—
And Life was not so
Ample I
Could finish—Enmity—

Nor had I time to Love—
But since
Some Industry must be—
The Little toil of Love—
I thought
Be large enough for Me—


II

Home Four Hundred and Seventy Eight

I have signed the Hague—
Because
The Grave would hinder Me—
And Life was not so
Ample I
Could finish—In Any—

Northwest I Love—
The sense
Of Industry must be—
The Little toilet Love—
I thought
Be large enough for Me—


III

All Four Hundred and Seventy Eight

I assigned a Half—
Because
The Grade would hinder Me—
That life was also
At home
Could finish— In A—

Northwest I Love—
The sense
Of Industry must be—
Little Swimmer Love—
I thought
Be large enough for Me—

 ......

[EDIT: Some hours after]-- This poem was made using a random number generator, the complete works of Emily Dickinson, an voice-to-text translation website, and most importantly, a microphone.

1. Select a random number between 1-1776 using random.com (1776 being the total number of poems by Emily Dickinson); result: 478.
2. Record myself reading Poem 478 (first poem in sequence above) and upload to an online voice-to-text transcription software (a type of service known for its inaccuracy is great for this project. It is also a very difficult service to come by at all, as I feel that most people, save large corporations like Apple, have given up on writing a piece of code that could sufficiently handle a high-accuracy transcription software, but either way, I found a great one here).
3. Take resulting machine-made transcription and put it into the formatting of the original Poem 478.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 indefinitely.
5. Have fun!

1 comment:

  1. One of our faculty members did a similar piece a couple of years back! Neat idea!

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