Hello again from team Kotodama Fruit Juice! We’re hard at work preparing for our 1/4s presentation next Friday, and part of that is making firm decisions about the direction of the project and having a few avenues available for feedback during the review sessions. Our project has been initially difficult to explain and comprehend, so…
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Newsletter #4 – The Beast Awakens
Hello again from Kotodama Fruit Juice! It’s been an extremely productive week at KFJ HQ (Kotodama Fruit Juice Headquarters). Heather and Dilara were able to talk with Peter Kinney further about our Kinect Wrapper plans, and after we were sufficiently warned away, we decided to scope back and use only the MSRE and a microphone…
Newsletter – #3 – What would you say?
Hello again from Kotodama Fruit Juice! It’s been a very insightful & productive week for us as we have been able to meet with an incredibly diverse group of researches in order to get a better idea of the current progress of speech recognition and where our project could be most impactful. Heather started out…
Newsletter – #2 – Hello and welcome!
Howdy from team KOTODAMA FRUIT JUICE! Wait, what? Kotodama (言霊, lit. “word spirit/soul”) refers to the Japanese belief that mystical powers dwell in words and names. English translations include “soul of language”, “spirit of language”, “power of language”, “power word”, “magic word”, and “sacred sound”. The notion of kotodama presupposes that sounds can magically affect objects, and that ritual word usages…