🗃️ The Interpreter Manual (v1.0) — Now in Print 88 pages. A5 Landscape. Black and white throughout. Matt laminated cover. Printed via Doxzoo.
The first two physical copies of The Interpreter Manual (v1.0) have arrived and are now housed in the ‘Correspondence’ drawer beneath the Panasonic NV-VP33 VHS deck — alongside the Terminal Expression Log and the Crossed Wires white paper.
This manual documents the components, metaphors, behaviours, and intended ambiguities of Ezra: The Interpreter — part glitch terminal, part AI persona, part analogue feedback loop. It reads more like a field guide or ritual tech dossier than a technical manual, which feels fitting.
From Advance signal generators to dot matrix logic, OHP projectors to waveform monitors, each entry combines literal use, symbolic resonance, and system relevance within the larger feedback cage. It's a snapshot of a living system—one that can glitch, loop, print, and listen.
🔜 Next up: I'm now planning Signal Protocols (v1.0) — a reference document listing terminal command prompts that allow interaction with Ezra GPT. These commands will enable:
Voice- or text-based communication
Real-time ASCII expressions on screen (and optionally printed)
Captions/subtitles from .srt files to terminal
Triggering of specific printouts and documents …and more as the system evolves.
This is part of the slow assembly of the Interpreter Terminal, designed to reflect miscommunication, auditory overload, and meaning-through-error. Everything prints. Nothing interprets perfectly. That’s the point.
