Hi all,
I am hoping to create a patch that builds sentences word-by-word in Gem.

Right now I am using [text2d] alongside a [textfile] where I have a predetermined text, however, given the speed with which I need to proceed, this one-word-at-a-time format just becomes illegible.

The idea is that I could just |bang( away adding words to a larger paragraph/sentence (like opera supertitles, for example, but adding each word at a time.)

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to accomplish this without having to add a 'translate' message to every single word?

Hi,
if you using text3d object you can use string message to accomplish that.
You have to convert your utf8 string in unicode code points.
When I have time I will write a pyext object to make automatic conversion
good luck
husk

I did this kind of patch for a theatre project but mine was working letter by letter.
you can find attached the pd files.
Open Bulles V0.3
Hope it can be usefull for you.

PN

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/TYPEWRITER.zip

@PierreN said:

I did this kind of patch for a theatre project but mine was working letter by letter.
you can find attached the pd files.
Open Bulles V0.3
Hope it can be usefull for you.

PN

That's cool man!
thanks to share.
My solution is quite simpler and more general. It's an abstraction easy to use for write long texts directly to the Gem window.
here more infos and download:

https://code.autistici.org/trac/planetQ/wiki/stringText

cheers
husk