Turi

A couple of months ago a family friend had a very serious health issue and he couldn't move or speak much. So I put together a web app with a set of phrases, connected to a game controller, in a way that he could just select phrases from the list to communicate. Luckily this person got better quickly, and this app was no longer needed, but I decided to improve this experiment and publish it as an Open Source project.

So, this is VoxEase. It can be operated with a mouse, a touch screen, a computer keyboard, a game controller using a single hand, or you can set it to scan the list of phrases automatically so you only need to press one button to pick your phrase.
It only requires a modern browser and once downloaded it works offline.
It supports multiple languages and it can also be used by people with sight impairments (it works with screen readers).

Any suggestions on how to make it better are welcome!

Link: https://turisc.github.io/voxease/

#openSource

I just published the code of the first prototype of Diapasonix, a bass-like synth and MIDI controller I'm developing.
It uses the fabuolous AMY synth engine and runs on a Raspberry Pi Pico 2. Loads of presets and effects!

Full video: https://youtu.be/DMDRZ1dwdG4

#Synth #Electronics #RaspberryPi #DIYSynth #ElectronicMusic

This is Beampong, a tabletop arcade game for two players that I built around a LED strip and Raspberry Pi Pico.
Portable, battery-powered, with code and construction files fully open source!
It has three distinct play modes: a Pong-style bouncing ball game, a combat mode where you fire colored pixels at each other, and a musical challenge.

Source code: https://github.com/TuriSc/BeamPong

#opensource #RaspberryPiPico #gamedesign #toy @rpimag@mastodon.social

Yearly appointment with my local pedal and synth expo. #synth #pedal #musicgear #hackneywick

Thanks to all those who contributed with new localizations and feedback! I updated VoxEase with four new languages a number of usability improvements.

@xezpeleta@mastodon.eus
@jay9@chaos.social
@stavpup@mastodon.social
@nykula@piefed.social
@FiXato@toot.cat

Plus all the people who wrote good ideas for features to add. Virtual fist bump everyone, I was not expecting this much participation!

#speechimpariment #opensource

Today's changes to VoxEase Communication Aid bring an important enhancement: you can now edit all phrases, sort them, and even delete the one you don't need.
We've also added Norwegian (thanks @Fred_og_ro@snabelen.no )

#speechimpariment #AAC #openSource