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  1. sglanz

    Hi Dan, 

    I am not active on the public Varanormal forum for reasons I won't get into. So I thought I would answer you by private message. I have not dived into the forensic platforms, but would like to in the future. Some of the software is pricey.

    I like your comment about using biofeedback to trigger a recording session. That's the kind of out-of-the-box thinking that is needed! I encourage you to experiment with that.

    Tuning to the unique energetic signature of each spirit is an interesting approach. Hopefully, there can be a system that does not require this, as it would necessitate constant adjustment. 

    I agree with you that the nature of the "subtle energies" are unknown. Few have been willing to tackle that question. If we can get a grasp on it, we should be able to make progress. 

    The evidence does point to spirits leading the way technologically. It may be an absolute limit, but I think it's more because we haven't advanced far enough on this side. That needs to change if we are ever able to gain control of the phenomenon. 

    Steve

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      A biofeedback study has been on my project list for a few years now.  Like most science, progress is slow.  But what I envision in my mind is a somewhat complicated thing. 

      To even write a proper research plan for this idea, I think that I would probably go with a double-blind study.  One where "normal" people are the control group.  And a group of psychics or mediums would be the test group.  I imagine the setup would be rigorous, with an array of several bio sensors attached to the person's body.  Say... pulse, muscle tension, piezoelectric, a galvanic skin response module... maybe even blood oxygen, body temperature, ECG, blood pressure...you can see how involved and messy this would become.

      I'm literally thinking this out as I write, but all of that effort SEEMS to be a waste of time in my mind.  If a person is making a meaningful connection with a spirit that could possibly trigger an electronic voice projection, my first thought is to look at what's happening in the brain.  Brainwave headsets have come down in price significantly in recent years.  Conducting a double-blind study of brain activity while correlating recorded voices or other phenomena SEEMS to me to possibly be the root of what's happening.  I would think that any biofeedback measurements would occur as a secondary result of the human/spirit connection.

      And I'm sure you well-know how difficult it is to even qualify real voice recordings due to the problem of pareidolia and the way individual people perceive sound and voices when you have independent groups try to quantify what they're hearing.

      And yes, I totally agree that spirits lead the way in terms of which researchers or groups they are attracted to or want to communicate with.  From the limited experience I have in receiving technical info from my spirit team, it seems like the goal is to simply get the researcher(s) excited or resonating properly to help the contacts.  I really believe it has little to do with any meaningful technical details on our side.  I mean, there was a woman who used to get voices through her coffee pot back in the 1990s!   "The Coffee Pot Ghost" or something similar was the name of her blog LOL.

      I also rarely use the forums on sites like these.  I imagine your reasons are probably along the same lines as mine; I'm very careful about sharing and asking questions to not put the delicate connection of an ITC bridge at risk.

      I wish you all the best in your efforts.  I have a feeling that we will be able to bounce a lot of ideas off one another!

      -Dan

  2. sglanz
    Here it the speech-to-text program I was referring to. It's not the only one out there, but I like it and am a "pro" subscriber. The free version works just as well - you just get less minutes. https://otter.ai/
  3. sglanz started following Forensic Audio Analysis Software and Speech to Text
  4. sglanz
    Attached is an audio clip and a transcription. Let me explain. My audio clip is approx. 3 minutes using Michael's "ITC Translator." No background noise added. It is just picking up whatever is inside the computer. It was set to default parameters. The program uses AI and is documented on the forum. The bumps and hisses are artifacts deriving from the slow processing on my computer. But there are words too. I have been experimenting with speech-to-text, so I ran the recording through Otter.ai . It picks out words when it "hears" them - timestamps not included. The transcript: "S S S S S So, so circle circle circle circle circle circle set set set set set for that's AI for a sec by ach ach is our paper paper or paper or paper or cable sounds sorry sorry SORRY Sorry" If I wanted to, I could attach relevance to this, but that is a subjective judgment. For example, the word "AI" seems appropriate while using an AI program here! "Cable sounds" could refer to a computer cable making the sounds, since there was no external noise source. I don't know about the other words. I don't know what the speech-to-text algorithm is doing. At least it is not guilty of human pareidolia. Maybe just machine pareidolia :)  Or, it could be genuine. I invite others to experiment with this technique, with ITC Translator or any other EVP recording, processed (or not) in whatever way you like. You are also welcome to listen to the clip, to see if you pick up the same or different words than the algorithm did, ignoring the bumps and hisses. 20220310-104021.wav
  5. sglanz
    I've been playing with Adobe Audition to clarify EVP voices. It works to some extent, but not well enough for me to easily hear words that I know are sitting beneath distortion. So I was wondering if anyone has used Forensic Audio Analysis Software for this purpose. For example: https://www.oceansystems.com/forensic/forensic-audio-software/index.php Or this one: https://www.cube-tec.com/en/solutions/audio/foenics Or this one: https://speechpro.com/product/forensic_analysis
  6. sglanz
    I tried bringing up the prompt three different ways. None worked, and I couldn't figure what properties needed to be changed in the batch file. So I just did a manual CD to get into the right directory before continuing. I did eventually learn how to save output files (read my previous comments) but only after googling proper syntax for the naming of directory paths. It would be helpful to wrap this all up in an exe file to simplify installation. Fernando said he has the tool. No need for a full-blown manual yet. But some additions to the Readme.txt based on user feedback would be useful. I'll try your other suggestions.
  7. sglanz
    I'm trying to get some quotes on porting this to Javascript or Visual C++. Freelancers tell me they can't quote unless they see the source code. They say they can extract it, but why make them go through that? If you send me the source code, I can pass it along for quotes. Or is that too risky? Or maybe I should just get a quote based on having them install and look at the app, without giving the source code? In conversation with one programmer, he said that Transcrypt and similar conversion utilities would not be up to the task. He said webassembly was the way to go, and it would just be one file (Javascript) that could be used on all platforms. Even if we got a good price, we'd have to keep going back to the freelancer to make changes each time you modify the program. Unless they quote an ongoing upkeep rate, I guess.
  8. sglanz
    OK, I got it installed. Had to change audio indices, as your instructions suggest. I can hear the output. But I don't know how you hear input. I talk into computer speaker, but hear nothing. I talk into webcam speaker after changing the index, and hear nothing. There's no monitor showing input. And where does the output get saved? I don't see a "save" button. I found the recordfilename in the script, but when I replace pathdir with my path where I want to save, it gives me a wrong syntax error message. C:\Users\sglan\documents doesn't work. OK, I looked it up. The syntax is r"C:\Users\sglan\documents" Weird syntax, but it works! It saved the clip in my documents folder. It needs a manual to explain the GUI features. Some are intuitive, but others are not.
  9. sglanz
    OK, I figured out how to change directory to C:\Users\sglan\miniconda 3. Then I typed conda env create, not conva env create. Packages are loading.
  10. sglanz
    There is only one directory that is showing on the Anaconda prompt: c:\Users\sglan> If I run "conva env create" from there, I get CONVA IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS A COMMAND Even though I copied environment.yml into that directory. I don't know how to change directory in the Anaconda prompt. It doesn't work like a normal prompt where you can just type CD
  11. sglanz
    conda env create --file environment.yml FILE NOT FOUND conva env list - ONLY GIVES BASE AND SCALAR If I remove other environments, I'll break the one used for Scalar. environment.yml in text editor starts with "name: tf25_nogpu"
  12. sglanz
    I'm lost. Readme.txt starts with: 2) Start an "Anaconda Prompt" from the Run Menu. Change directory to the main directory of this program. Install extra-required modules with the .yml provided in the main directory: conda env create --file environment.yml 3) Change to this new environment: conda activate tf25_nogpu I moved program files into main user directory, and into miniconda directory. What does it mean "Install extra-required modules ----------" I only get two environments: base and scalar tf25_nogpu is not an environment.
  13. sglanz
    Thanks for the software and discussion. I will try because I was successful with the Scalar app that Michael put together, using Miniconda. I hope I don't run into the problems Andres had. I don't have Spyder or Tensor Flow or any of that other stuff to confuse it. But just in case, please update the instructions to help troubleshoot for people that might run into that problem.
  14. sglanz
    Enlightenment code not suitable for humans. Replace with purgatory routine prior to reincarnation.
  15. sglanz
    More information about ""
    Python to Visual C++ converters? https://wiki.python.org/moin/WindowsCompilers https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/python/quickstart-01-python-in-visual-studio-project-from-existing-code?view=vs-2022 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/python/working-with-c-cpp-python-in-visual-studio?view=vs-2022
  16. sglanz
    More information about ""
    Python to Javascript conversion online: http://www.brython.info/tests/precompile.html
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