Research
Researching how sound is captured, processed, and understood, from speech recognition to spatial audio.
Our mission is to restore critical expressive & creative channels for people severely affected by disabling conditions, such as ALS, spinal cord injury, and related conditions with potential to isolate and erect innumerable, formidable barriers…
“Soundscape fills in a lot of the mental map as you move, making it effortless and seamless to know what’s around you,” highlights Erin Lauridsen of Lighthouse for the Blind in San Francisco. Microsoft Soundscape…
Expressive Pixels introduces an authoring app combined with open-source firmware, peripherals, documentation, and APIs that allow users and makers to create animations and then display them on a range of colorful LED display devices.
The hands-free music project is a participatory design collaboration with members of the ALS community. Our mission is to restore critical expressive & creative channels for people severely affected by disabling conditions, such as ALS,…
Microsoft Hands-Free Sound Machine is an eye-controlled, 16-step sound sequencer that provides users the ability to generate musical compositions via a combination of .wav and midi samples, and supports output to physical instruments as well…
Microsoft Hands-Free Sound Jam is an eye-controlled music environment for electronic loop-based performance and composition. It is designed using familiar design paradigms found in commercial music production software, which have been adapted to work well…
Microsoft Hands-Free Sound Machine is an eye-controlled, 16-step sound sequencer that provides users the ability to generate musical compositions via a combination of .wav and midi samples, and supports output to physical instruments as well…
