User:VanessaLattas

Week of 6/12

MON 6/12

• Drafted literature review, annotated bibliography sections of final paper

• Investigated the available AI generative tools for text-to-video, text-to-photo, and text-to-speech

• Documented a list of these tools, their features, and their drawbacks as it relates to project goals

TUES 6/13

• Met with mentor to share progress and troubleshoot roadblocks

• Evaluated the storytelling capacity of AI by reviewing materials on ACM database, GitHub

• Compared animated with live video and their independent ability to allow connection with audience

WED 6/14

• Attended REU meeting and presentation

• Demoed around 5-10 text-to-speech applications, software tools, etc.

• Assessed the emotions/tones appropriate for mental health storytelling (frustration, anger, helplessness, etc.)

• Tested applications to determine which were most realistic depictions of such emotions/tones

THURS 6/15

• Attempted implementation of Phenaki Video in Pytorch

• Requested access to Meta's Make-a-Video

FRI 6/16

• Accessed DALL-E premium version

• Used generic prompts from given subthemes previously extracted from PPD subreddit in previous research

Week of 6/19

MON 6/19

• Began process of creating 2 draft videos, one still, one animated

• Edited scripts from Reddit blog(shortened, corrected grammatical errors): one with social factors theme, one with hardships

TUES 6/20

• Met with mentor to share progress and troubleshoot roadblocks

• Created an animated video using Steve AI tool

• Created live still video using Designs AI tool

WED 6/21

• Attended REU meeting and presentation

• Met with mentor to share progress and troubleshoot roadblocks

• Presented draft videos to mentor and implemented feedback, editing in Vimeo and VEED

THURS 6/22

• Used DALL-E and Deep AI as primary text-to-image tools to prepare 5-10 templates for each of 4 themes

• Began generating templates for subthemes as well

FRI 6/23

• Prepared mini presentation on progress made thus far