From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 208-59-175-194.c3-0.slvr-ubr2.lnh-slvr.md.cable.rcn.com ([208.59.175.194] helo=localhost.localdomain) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18PqX2-0005sX-00 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:47:36 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gBLKTFM2021442 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:29:15 -0500 Received: from localhost (ccrawford@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) with ESMTP id gBLKTFcc021438 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:29:15 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: ccrawford owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:29:15 -0500 (EST) From: ccrawford@acb.org X-X-Sender: ccrawford@localhost.localdomain To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: a bit of trivia I found interesting In-Reply-To: <20021221160207.GD6759@rednote.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: 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@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >