Sparta ( + Computer Speech)

Posted by admin on Jul 7th, 2010 | 2 comments

Just a pointless short one, no racism intended.
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2001: Why Kubrick used “Daisy” for HAL’s death

Posted by admin on Jul 5th, 2010 | 35 comments

This is from a doc of 1963 with Arthur C Clarke about a wired world and artificial intelligence. Here’s the full computer speech demo from 1963: www.vintagecomputermusic.com this was done by Bell Labs, RIP. to read more: www.bell-labs.com
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Older computer technology blended with new technology! Dan Sindel performs Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two) reading from Barber shop Quartet sheet music using the AXON Guitar-to-MIDI converter running into a Pro Tools Digital Audio Workstation and factored in the original 1963 Bell Lab synthetic speech recordings of DAISY. With only a few adjustments to the timing of the original Bell Lab recordings to go along with the guitar music the file is in perfect integrity. **Download the full computer speech demo from 1963: tinyurl.com This video features old stock footage from Coney Island (1940′s) and some cool old ARMY footage of an Atomic Bomb Test – “Operation Cue”. Henry Dacre wrote Daisy Bell somewhere around 1892. One of the more famous moments in Bell Labs’ synthetic speech research was the sample created by John L. Kelly in 1962, using an IBM 704 computer. Kelly’s vocoder synthesizer recreated the song “Bicycle Built for Two,” with musical accompaniment from Max Mathews. Arthur C. Clarke, then visiting friend and colleague John Pierce at the Bell Labs Murray Hill facility, saw this remarkable demonstration and later used it in the climactic scene of his novel and screenplay for “2001: A Space Odyssey,” where the HAL9000 computer sings this song as he is disassembled by astronaut Dave Bowman. www.bell-labs.com

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I have a new word processor on my computer desktop called Microsoft Works., Problem with its text to speech.?

Posted by admin on Jul 4th, 2010 | 2 comments

Question by Zongy: I have a new word processor on my computer desktop called Microsoft Works., Problem with its text to speech.?
As I said it has a feature called ” Text to Speech ” which I would very much like to use as I write short stories. I’d love to hear the words spoken back to me of this text.

I have been able to bring up the window ” Text to Speech ” on the Help Menu , and have selected a computerized voice and sound volume .

Problem is I do not know how to get it to actually work when I have a page of text on the monitor screen . I see nothing when the text is displayed that indicates ” activate Text to Speech ” . Can anybody tell me how to do that ? Very much appreciated ..

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Answer by Andy K
microsoft works is the worst program ever.

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H EE S AW DUH KAET (HE SAW THE CAT) 45 record

Posted by admin on Jun 30th, 2010 | 0 comments

Computer speech More rarities and obscurities at www.recordoobscura.blogspot.com

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How do I get to speech with Windows Vista?

Posted by admin on Jun 29th, 2010 | 0 comments

Question by jerfunk67: How do I get to speech with Windows Vista?
I have Windows Vista, and I can’t find “Speech” in the control panel. Does anyone with Vista know where I can find the Speech program where you type stuff in and the computer says it? Thanks.

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Answer by jaz
Just click start and type “speech”. It will come up.

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