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17. Yeah..... I gues I knew that..... :-)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 12:23 PM

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Stephen Hawking's simulated voice. A couple of questions. [View all] LAS14 Mar 2018 OP

oh, its American 'voice', but fyi-Keep Talking poboy2 Mar 2018 #6

Sounds American to me n/t underpants Mar 2018 #12

Some quicky answers blugbox Mar 2018 #3

Wow!!! I can't imagine what "upgrading" would consist of!!!! nt LAS14 Mar 2018 #5

He was able to move his eyes. aidbo Mar 2018 #4

Some people suggest the ratio of the *radius* of a circle to its circumference muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #14

Yeah..... I gues I knew that..... :-) LAS14 Mar 2018 #17

Actually, it fits pretty neatly in Eulers identity. aidbo Mar 2018 #21

Well, yes, but ... muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #22

The identity is just a special case of Eulers formula. aidbo Mar 2018 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author missingthebigdog Mar 2018 #15

Tau is 2 * pi. aidbo Mar 2018 #20

Why Stephen Hawking's voice computer spoke with an AMERICAN accent dalton99a Mar 2018 #8

Maybe it's American with a strong computer-simulation lilt???? nt LAS14 Mar 2018 #9

It was originally done by MIT engineer Dennis Klatt: dalton99a Mar 2018 #10

Thanks! Now I'm wondering where Dennis Klatt was born. LAS14 Mar 2018 #13

He was from Wisconsin: dalton99a Mar 2018 #19

It's an early text to speech device fescuerescue Mar 2018 #16

So we can assume that his wife's and daughter's voices... LAS14 Mar 2018 #18