lost in trans. behind the scenes

While our main theme of miscommunication has remained consistent, our plans to create frustration in the participant and our central story have been through many iterations.

initial idea map

our pitch notes

concept art, first iteration

final art & sound prototype

As for coding, we relied on Python and the integration of some speech recognition and Google Translate APIs.

Our biggest learning curve was learning how to rewire the phone. With lots of guidance from our lab tech Ian, and lots of soldering, we were able to create an additional circuit to add inside the phone that reroutes its existing input and output.

drafts of schematic we followed

us soldering it all together