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Vox ex machina : a cultural history of talking machines
- Title
- Vox ex machina : a cultural history of talking machines / Sarah A. Bell.
- Author
- Bell, Sarah A.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 25-383 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The Voder (1939) -- Electronic Vocal Tract (1950) -- Am-Quote (1964) -- Speak & Spell (1978) -- Perfect Paul (1979) -- S.A.M., the Software Automatic Mouth (1982) -- Epilogue: When will Siri laugh?
- Call Number
- JFE 25-383
- ISBN
- 9780262546355
- 0262546353
- LCCN
- 2023058836
- 40032481740
- OCLC
- 1416627667
- Author
- Bell, Sarah A., author.
- Title
- Vox ex machina : a cultural history of talking machines / Sarah A. Bell.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
- Description
- x, 242 pages ; 23 cm
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Summary
- "By documenting how voice synthesis developed over the course of the 20th century, as well as the cultural imagination that emerged around new talking machines as they were introduced, this book shows how synthetic voices index the complicated and sometimes paradoxical relationships that people have with increasingly lifelike digital technologies"-- Provided by publisher.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Bell, Sarah A. Vox ex machina Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024] 9780262375887 (DLC) 2023058837
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40032481740
- Research Call Number
- JFE 25-383