I did not know that. How wierd. - charlie Crawford. On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > Dave Hunt writes: > > > > I have heard that DEC founder (Ken Olsen) was the model for dectalk. > > Truth or yet another urban legend?:) > > > The DEC Talk's inventor was Dr. Dennis Klatt. He would place radioactive > pellets in the back of his moth and X-|ray himself speaking in order to > better understand the formation of speech. From this he was able to > model a synthesizer. > > > Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, it cost him his life from throat > cancer. > > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
