3 ms·
works on Firefox, on windows 11. however even when it is working, it's not really like a numbers station. For a start, it needs varying static and clicks. Seco
by genewitch 1y ago
works on Firefox, on windows 11.
however even when it is working, it's not really like a numbers station. For a start, it needs varying static and clicks. Secondly, numbers stations don't generally say "seven hundred and thirty four", they generally say "seven. three. four." the random words repeated sometimes are a nice touch, though. And i like the idea of grabbing words from an internal list in the way the author did it. I wouldn't have thought of that, probably.
some numbers stations that i personally archived:
https://soundcloud.com/djoutcold/31-may-2014-170948-19008500-mhz
https://soundcloud.com/djoutcold/uvb-76-aug-23-2010-9-32ampst
https://nextcloud.projectftm.com/index.php/s/unid-pizza-numbers [0]
here's one that sounds like a numbers station but can be argued is not, as the meaning is rather clear (if my memory serves):
https://soundcloud.com/djoutcold/sdrsharp-20150825-020508z-4368khz-af
[0] i think this one is a joke; this one is the most representative of what numbers stations used to be like, though. Whoever made it really knew what they were doing, even though they used their knowledge to be a bit cheeky. I edited it because the music would blow out your speakers originally.
additionally, i know the 19008500-mhz is mislabeled, it should be 19.008500-mhz or instead of "mhz" just "hz"
- edent 1y agoI'd love it if you forked my code and managed to fit a full numbers station into 1024KB.
- genewitch 1y agomy kid wanted it to say point between the groupings, which is the speech engine, so this may sound different depending on your browser: <!DOCTYPE html><html><body><button onclick="f()">Start</button><script> function f(){with(window){ a=new AudioContext;b=a.createBuffer(1,c=2*a.sampleRate,a.sampleRate);d=b.getChannelData(0); for(i=0;i<c;i++)d[i]=(Math.random()*2-1)*.4; e=a.createBufferSource();e.buffer=b;e.loop=1;g=a.createGain();g.gain.value=.05; e.connect(g).connect(a.destination);e.start(); const l=n=>((n.match(/[A-Z]/g)||[]).length==1&&(n[0].match(/[A-Z]/g)||[]).length==1); setInterval(()=>{s=Object.getOwnPropertyNames(globalThis).filter(l).sort(()=>.5-Math.random())[0]; if(Math.random()>.3){ n=String(Math.ceil(Math.random()*1e4).toString().padStart(4,'0')); s=n[0]+'. '+n[1]+'. point. '+n[2]+'. '+n[3]+'.'; } m=new SpeechSynthesisUtterance;m.text=s; v=speechSynthesis.getVoices();m.lang=v[(Math.random()*v.length)|0].lang; m.rate=Math.random();m.pitch=Math.random()*2;speechSynthesis.speak(m);},866); //m.rate=1.7;m.pitch=2;speechSynthesis.speak(m);},866); }}</script></body></html> the comment at the end can be switched with the preceeding line so it sounds like he wanted it to (high pitched and fast, please) <1kb and i got something stuck in my craw about noise so here's one with more accurate noise: <!DOCTYPE html><html><body><button onclick="f()">Start</button><script> function f(){with(window){ a=new AudioContext; g=a.createGain();g.gain.value=.05; h=a.createScriptProcessor(256,1,1);p=0; h.onaudioprocess=e=>{ b=e.outputBuffer.getChannelData(0); for(i=0;i<b.length;i++)b[i]=p+=(Math.random()*2-1)/10; }; h.connect(g).connect(a.destination); const l=n=>((n.match(/[A-Z]/g)||[]).length==1&&(n[0].match(/[A-Z]/g)||[]).length==1); setInterval(()=>{ s=Object.getOwnPropertyNames(globalThis).filter(l).sort(()=>.5-Math.random())[0]; if(Math.random()>.3){ n=String(Math.ceil(Math.random()*1e4).toString().padStart(4,'0')); s=n[0]+'. '+n[1]+'. point. '+n[2]+'. '+n[3]+'.'; } m=new SpeechSynthesisUtterance;m.text=s; v=speechSynthesis.getVoices();m.lang=v[(Math.random()*v.length)|0].lang; m.rate=Math.random();m.pitch=Math.random()*2;speechSynthesis.speak(m); },866); }}</script></body></html> apologies to the HN servers for using 2kb to display these i don't know javascript so apologies if i messed anything up (because it will eventually pop and click which is extremely accurate to numbers station reception but also crashes the page - audio stops.)
- computerthings 1y ago[dead]
- netsharc 1y agoIt kind of irks me that the idea was neat, but the attempt was seriously lacking.
- genewitch 1y agoi replied in this thread with 855 bytes that do it a little closer to what i expected
- netsharc 1y agoFYI, having "." after numbers in German turn them to ordinal numerals (i.e. "4." becomes "4th"). I had to change them to commas to make it more familiar to the number stations recordings I've heard of.
- genewitch 1y agoso "neun. vier. punkt. sieben. drei." doesn't mean 94 . 73 (or 94,73)? i considered using "dot". I'd have to listen to a german numbers station that uses a splitter like "point" or "dot" what i'm asking is if you have an ip address like 4.2.2.2 how would you read that over the phone, in german? also i made a lot of edits to fix issues during the edit window to the two versions i posted
- netsharc 1y ago> 4.2.2.2 how would you read that over the phone, in german? Vier punkt zwei punkt zwei punkt zwei. But the TTS isn't me, it sees 4. 2. 2. 2. (with spaces in between) and reads Vierte, Zweite, Zweite, Zweite (fourth, second, second, second). Without spaces, it reads it like the way Germans read an IP address (see first line of reply). In German the "." after the number is like the "nd" or "th" in "2nd" or "4th".
- edent 1y agoThanks for your support, I really appreciate it :-)
- sterlind 1y agowhat's the meaning of the one you said is rather clear?