No. 019 · 2024 · Concept

Speak Low A concept: voice-first dating.

A concept from my 2024 research on discreet, mood-based chat, where the voice is the face. You record one sentence; others hear it veiled, with the words written out, and answer by holding a button. Once you have both answered, the voices clear. A call or a photo happens only if you both ask.

Made: Research · concept · name and identity · screens
When: 2024
Status: A concept

iThe idea

Night and one lamp. The lamp is the voice: ringed while it is veiled, a clear glow once you have both spoken. No one's photo appears anywhere.

iiHow it works

Record your sentence, fifteen seconds, written out as you speak. Others hear it veiled. Answer by holding the button. Once you have both answered, the voices clear.

Record, hear it veiled, hold to answer, the voices clear

iiiThe veil

The same voice veiled and clear, the hold to answer, and the mood as a frequency you tune to, the way you would to a radio station.

The waveform veiled and clear, the hold to answer, the mood as a frequency

A concept. No real people appear.