[open] september/october catchall

[techmaturgy]

Who: Viktor and special guests and YOU
When: Post-Nocwich, through September and early October
Where: Cadens, Libertas the Horizon
What: open stuff, closed stuff, Libertas stuff, horizon visits, whatever I WANT
Warnings: the usual references to terminal illness, will list additional warnings as needed.

[open and closed starters in comments! If you want a custom starter or something specific, just hit me up. full horizon details are here for any and all wildcarding needs. For everything else, I’m on plurk at whitticus and on discord at whitticus#8139.]

Comments

[catholica]

Yeah, a computer would probably work but you have to write a program for it which I can't really do.

( of course, he's never really tried but he knows that programming language is way above his level of skill. )

I used to have an application on my phone where if I touched something, it would read out what it was. Or if someone sent a message to me, my phone would read it out loud.

[techmaturgy]

Well, I could take care of that part.

[Viktor has never seen a computer in his life. He barely understands what programming is, but he's fairly confident that his work on the Hexcore would directly apply to something like this.

Besides, he likes a project.]

A sort of...text to speech protocol. I understand. Whether we can make it happen given the level of technology here is questionable, but I don't see a reason not to try.

[catholica]

I'd be happy to help in anyway I can. My level of understanding with technology and computers isn't huge but I'm an expert at braille.

( kind of had to be and all. he tilts his head to one side to think about it, considers it. )

I'd probably have to create something that has the most commonly used braille words on it. And then maybe give it some kind of...option to expand the dictionary?

[techmaturgy]

Yes, I would need the translation from you, to start.

[If Matt is the one using it, then it follows he should tailor it to the specific tactile alphabet that he uses. From there, it's just figuring out...everything else.

Well. Viktor has done impossible things before.]

I have some ideas. Let's start with a basic translation of the alphabet, and go from there.

[catholica]

I can get that to you pretty quickly.

( he could write it right now but it would be better to create it correctly so it would be read by whatever program they could manage to make. )

Basic alphabet's easy. It's the different variations of raised dots that create words that can get a little more difficult.

[techmaturgy]

Yes, we can expand it later, but this will be to put the infrastructure in place.

[Once they have a system that works, then they can start teaching it more. Matt will have something to use in the interim.]

In the meantime, let me know if there's anything I can do to help in the short term. Jayce and I are always willing to assist.

[catholica]

Thank you. I'll get you the alphabet shortly and then —

( yeah, they could go from there. )

Appreciate the help.