Kempelen's speaking machine (1791)

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The 'speaking machine' of Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734-1804) was the first fully functional speech synthesis ever. This is a short presentation of the replica built 2007-09 at the department of Phonetics of Saarland University, Saarbrücken (Germany) by Fabian Brackhane, Dominik Bauer with assistance by the Orgelbaumanufaktur Hugo Mayer.

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  • awesome! I love Kempelen!

  • @deathoviacomm and @TheCanky Let's see what you guys can do just with technology from 18th century.

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  • Hellen Keller :D

  • too bad this guy wasn't very good at making it "speak"

  • It sounds like a pissed off animal at a farm.

  • Wow. A machine that only can say " Fuck you"

  • looks pretty pointless xD

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