Thursday, December 29, 2011

The Voder - 1939 Speech Synth


"Considered the first electrical speech synthesizer, VODER (Voice Operation DEmonstratoR) was developed by Homer Dudley at Bell Labs and demonstrated at both the 1939 New York World's Fair and the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. Difficult to use and difficult to operate, VODER nonetheless paved the way for future machine-generated speech."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

and then that's how the Saw was made for the synth.