A new program, Phono Paper, created by Alexander Zolotov (building on work previously done by Evgeny Murzin) uses your phone camera to detect and translate images and barcodes into sound. This allows for audio messages to be sent via text or photos. They could also be used to add an extra dimension to billboards and posters. Like the old ANS synthesizer the process is reversible, so if you're able to master the language, you can hand write messages to be translated by the system.

Phono Paper is an interesting new idea that tests the ways we can experiment with sound. Developments in graphical sound communication have been growing recently children were entertained and educated with Musicink incorporating ink and visual graphics in it's creation of an orchestra.