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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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Subject
  • Speech processing systems > History
  • Speech synthesis > History
  • Speech synthesis > Social aspects
  • Voice > Social aspects
  • Digital media > Social aspects
  • Secondary sex characteristics
  • Voice
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
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