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Created November 30, 2010 11:30
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(function() {
// Notes from http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1952531
var notes = {
"suspended cymbal":"zk",
"snare":"bschk",
"brush":"pv",
"bass":"bk",
"flam1":"tk",
"roll tap":"vk",
"flam2":"kt",
"flam tap":"kttp",
"hi hat tap":"krp",
"short roll":"pv",
"better hi hat":"th",
"instant rimshot":"thp, ds"
};
function writeNote(event) {
song.value += event.target.note + " ";
}
function clear() {
song.value = "";
}
function play() {
var audio = new Audio("http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?q=" + encodeURI(song.value) + "&tl=de");
audio.play();
}
function appendButton(attributes, container) {
var button = document.createElement("input");
button.type = "button";
for (var name in attributes) {
button[name] = attributes[name];
}
container.appendChild(button);
}
var container = document.createElement("div");
var controls = document.createElement("div");
var song = document.createElement("input");
song.type = "text";
song.size = 150;
container.appendChild(song);
container.appendChild(controls);
document.body.appendChild(container);
for (var name in notes) {
if (notes.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
appendButton({
value: name,
note: notes[name],
onclick: writeNote
}, controls);
}
}
appendButton({
value: "play",
onclick: play
}, controls);
})();
Bookmarklet:
javascript:(function(){document.body.appendChild(document.createElement("script")).src="http://bit.ly/googlebeat"})()
Instructions:
1. Load Google Translate: http://translate.google.com
2. Load the bookmarklet in the above comment in the URL bar.
3. Click the new buttons at the bottom of the page.
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