In this video, a rascal runs afoul of an unthinking, uncaring corporation (again). What might have been a minor technical nuisance turns into an exploration of the expansive intersection between identity and technology!
A voice is so much more than a way to turn words into sounds.
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*Links to things!:*
- How to talk like a_lilian: (https://github.com/a-lilian/STTTS-tutorial/blob/main/How%20to%20talk%20like%20a_lilian.md)
- Mmp's Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/c/mmpcode)
- zqlk: (https://github.com/zqlk256)
- The interview: (https://www.patreon.com/posts/zqlk-interview-120294379)
- Librivox: (https://librivox.org)
- Bryce's Piper TTS Voices: (https://brycebeattie.com/files/tts/)
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*The music used in this video is:*
- A Crimson Rose & Gin Tonic, _Katamari Damacy_
- Bossa for Baden with the melody track removed, _Vendla_
- Spring 1989 with the melody track removed, _baegel_
- Silence, _Alter Ego_
- Garbage Day, _Lisa_
- My Quiet Forest Home, _Octopath Traveler_
- Train Ride, _Signalis_
- Under Cover, _Halo Infinite_ (Microsoft broke my voice so I'm taking their music ಠ_ಠ)
- A New Day With Hope, _Genshin_
- Lover's Oath, _Genshin_
*The VRChat worlds shown in this video are:*
- The Autumn Lodge, _Lilosa_
- Helldivers 2 ship, _aragornsquid_
- Es' Library, _Roadcrosser_
- Midnight Drive, _WispyWoo_
- Mirrors, _․Vanilla․_
- The Stanley Parable Office, _Ethosaur_
- Complex 7, _Fins_
- Pocket Rain, _Silyataru_
- Japan Street 0․435, _NEET ENGINEER_
- The COLORS, _Bubble_T_
- SIGNALIS Train Ride, _BIOS_0307_
- Yayoi Rusted Train, _猫屋敷やよい_
- Rotfront Interplanatar Station 06 ［Signalis], _Carkidd_
- Train Alpha, _Zippin_
- The Sixth Station, _bakinsoda_
- Sushi Aquarium 淡水棟, _long-potato_
- 放課後の相合傘 under the umbrella, _いとよ（ITOYO_
- The Void, _\*Lotus\*_
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*‡ Citations:*
- Scott Stauffer was filmed at the Skymasters RC Michigan 2000 float fly, presented by SKS Video Productions and digitized by a friendly 🐟
- The phrase "snap together like magnets" is not my original writing. It's from the play _Equus_ which has the line _moments snap together like magnets_. (I haven't actually read/seen Equus, I just know that it has this line and it involves someone blinding horses)
- I get the concept of movement/action/"doing" being vital to the construction of self from Maxine Sheets-Johnstone.
- How Steven Hawkings related to his voice and the lengthy endevor to preserve it for him is a fascinating and beautiful story: (https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/stephen-hawkings-eternal-voice/)
- Bruno Schulz: (http://www.brunoschulz.org/mythologization.htm)
ᵃⁿᵈ ʷᶦᵗʰ ᵗʰᶦˢ ᵒᶠᶠᵉʳᶦⁿᵍ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵒʳᵏˢ ᶜᶦᵗᵉᵈ ˢᵉᶜᵗᶦᵒⁿ, ʷᵉ ᵖʳᵃʸ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ʳᵉᵃᵖᵉʳ ᵇᵒᵐᵇᵉʳᵐᵃⁿ ᵖᵃˢˢᵉˢ ᵗʰᶦˢ ʰᵘᵐᵇˡᵉ ʸᵒᵘᵗᵘᵇᵉ ᵛᶦᵈᵉᵒ ᵒᵛᵉʳ
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*Chapters:*
00:00 intro
01:48 my digital fakeness is sincerity
05:07 the flexible envelope of the self
08:19 Emily (Neutral)
12:25 intermission
12:53 Digital Dysphoria
17:14 free, open source soul
20:04 cori (medium)