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The Voder: 1939, the worlds first electronic voice synthesizer
Brian Roemmele
A short look at the Voder, the first electronic voice synthesizer, demonstrated by Bell Labs at the 1939 World's Fair. It was operated by trained women using ten finger keys, foot pedals and a knee lever.
HN cites it as a historic demonstration of early speech synthesis, including discussions about whether the demo was genuine.
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