From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=cantata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Pm4p-0002N7-00 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:02:11 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id gBLG28Op009900 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:02:09 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id gBLG28pQ009898 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:02:08 -0500 Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:02:08 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: a bit of trivia I found interesting Message-ID: <20021221160207.GD6759@rednote.net> References: <20021219024936.GA697@romuald.net.eu.org> <15873.14879.144173.264068@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15873.14879.144173.264068@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux cantata 2.4.20 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175