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Electronic voice synthesizer
The Bell Telephone Laboratory's voder was the first attempt to electronically synthesize human speech by breaking it down into its acoustic components. It was invented by Homer Dudley in 1937–1938 and developed on his earlier work on the vocoder. The quality of the speech was limited; however, it demonstrated the synthesis of the human voice, which became one component of the vocoder used in voice communications for security and to save bandwidth. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: VoderA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The science of voiceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Operation Voder: AT&T, Bell Labs, and the Labor of Techno-Utopia at the 1939 New York World’s FairCited 0 times
- Go sideways: Homer DudleyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: VocoderA closely related topic
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The science of voiceDouglas Stanley · 1929
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