Machine With a Voice. This is a simplified diagram of the first machine in the world's history to create almost perfect human speech and which was demonstrated to scientists in Philadelphia Jan 5 at Franklin Institute. A young woman, playing on the 13 keys as she would on a piano, produced any spoken word in either a male of female voice, in English or in any foreign language, with any desired inflection. It took her a year and a half to learn the proper touch with wrist and fingers to produce the sounds. Her best word was "non-intercommunicability" and she played it more distinctly that the man who asked for it pronounced it. The Device is called a "Voder".

Associated Press · [ca. January 1939]

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