"Faber reconstructed the mechanical workings of the human speech organs. He recreated the human tongue and glottis, used levers and strings to simulate muscles, and a bellows to act as the lungs."
In the Victorian Era, The Euphonia was a "talking machine" that had the ability to simulate human speech, designed by German inventor Joseph Faber. Her ghostly voice and vacant stare left many spectators scared and running for the exitpic.twitter.com/OKPcoVFhZ3
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"piano keys controlled articulation of the Euphonia’s jaw, lips, and tongue; the roles of the lungs and larynx were performed by a bellows and an ivory reed. [...] adjust the pitch and accent of the Euphonia’s speech by turning a small screw or inserting a tube into its nose."
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Damn, that's sad. Euphonia play despacito
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Like something out of a Junji Ito story.
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Thanks, Euphonia. Without you, we would never have met Zoltar.pic.twitter.com/AZnUyA96B3
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I don't blame them running. The first sexbot wasn't very sexy.
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Fascinating. Source? I found this.https://www.strangerdimensions.com/2014/10/07/ghostly-voice-joseph-fabers-euphonia/ …
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Wow, this is an interesting story.http://racingnelliebly.com/weirdscience/joseph-fabers-marvelous-talking-machine-euphonia/ …
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I want to hear it speak.
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I searched YouTube but didn’t find a video. :/
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So I just had to look this up on YouTube and found other crazy stuff.
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If you find any videos of it shoot me a link. I cant seem to find any
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Well , all that came up was info on automatons, but sadly, not this Euphonia simulating speech.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmSYnOvEueo&t=79s …
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But this above is super weird. lol!
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She was the Alexa of the Victorian ages. I wonder how she worked!
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So I went on YouTube to find about Euphonia and instead found a news video about Japanese university making an updated Euphonia but all it looks like is an unattractive flesh light:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmSYnOvEueo …
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When you ask Santa for an Amazon Echo, but you were on the naughty list.
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