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philiphu commented on Show HN: Use filters to make Trump sound drunk or like a chipmunk   getdjtrump.com/?ref=filte... · Posted by u/philiphu
philiphu · 9 years ago
Hi Hacker News!

A month ago, we showed DJ Trump as a tool to make Trump say anything you type. It was fun, but many people mentioned that the videos sounded choppy.

We decided to pivot to focusing on making sure the videos can sound interesting and fun without expert editing. We added filters to create audio and visual effects that make Trump sound intoxicated or like Judge Dredd or Alvin and the Chipmunks.

We'd love to hear if there are any interesting filters you'd like to see added.

Thanks!

philiphu commented on Show HN: DJ Trump – Make Trump Say Anything   getdjtrump.com/?ref=hn... · Posted by u/philiphu
throwaway2016a · 9 years ago
Where does one go about getting the source video for a project like this? Also, I'm curious why the LLC? Is there a revenue model or is it just for the liability protection?
philiphu · 9 years ago
I applied a language processing algorithm to a bunch of his speeches, but then we had to manually hunt down words we considered high importance (names, curse words, etc.)

The LLC is for liability protection, though we did do a lot of research to make sure it wouldn't be a huge issue regardless

philiphu commented on Show HN: DJ Trump – Make Trump Say Anything   getdjtrump.com/?ref=hn... · Posted by u/philiphu
pen2l · 9 years ago
Perfect execution, great, great job.

I was really impressed with how fast it just worked, how quickly I was just presented with a video. Your back-end is really well optimized.

The autocomplete is really good... I assume autocomplete is autocompleting in context of what words are available in your trump corpus.

philiphu · 9 years ago
Thank you! Yes, the autocomplete is based on what words are available. The back-end is EC2 behind a load balancer with the media on S3
philiphu commented on Show HN: DJ Trump – Make Trump Say Anything   getdjtrump.com/?ref=hn... · Posted by u/philiphu
daurnimator · 9 years ago
The back button doesn't work after you create a video
philiphu · 9 years ago
Great feedback! Yeah it's not a new page load when the video gets created, so I added a "Compose new Message" button, but it makes sense that people will want the back button to work as well. I'll do something about it, thanks!
philiphu commented on Show HN: DJ Trump – Make Trump Say Anything   getdjtrump.com/?ref=hn... · Posted by u/philiphu
iand675 · 9 years ago
Very clever. Would be interesting if you could map the text input to words that he's said contiguously in real life.

My first test was typing in "I never said that.", and it would have been great if it actually pulled a clip of him saying the entire phrase.

Granted, the corpus of things he's ever said on camera is fairly large.

philiphu · 9 years ago
Interesting -- great idea! I'll have to think about the right way to implement that.
philiphu commented on Show HN: DJ Trump – Make Trump Say Anything   getdjtrump.com/?ref=hn... · Posted by u/philiphu
OJFord · 9 years ago
You should take the https://twitter.com/DeepDrumpf feed, generate a video for tweet contents, and post it back as a reply or something :)
philiphu commented on Show HN: DJ Trump – Make Trump Say Anything   getdjtrump.com/?ref=hn... · Posted by u/philiphu
OJFord · 9 years ago
You should take the https://twitter.com/DeepDrumpf feed, generate a video for tweet contents, and post it back as a reply or something :)
philiphu · 9 years ago
That is brilliant!
philiphu commented on Show HN: DJ Trump – Make Trump Say Anything   getdjtrump.com/?ref=hn... · Posted by u/philiphu
philiphu · 9 years ago
Would love feedback on the usability of the autocomplete and whether the output quality is up to expectations! Also, does the splash page make sense? Thanks!

u/philiphu

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