From: mslarch@aol.com
To: bbanchy@fuse.net ; kbcolley@roadrunner.com ; jackieb@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: You type...it speaks HAVE SEEN BEFORE; IT'S SO VERY MIRACULOUS! L,J
Hi Bill......Just a short follow up on your anecdote re Kurzweil and his remarkable computer for the blind. During my years at DIGITAL, the corporation was collaborating with Kurzweil (his office was in the Boston suburbs) and they developed this extraordinary equipment as a joint venture. I believe the first recipient was Stevie Wonder.
Regards
Marty
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From: bbanchy@fuse.net
To: karen
Sent: Tue, May 11, 2010 12:21 pm
Subject: Re: Fw: You type...it speaks HAVE SEEN BEFORE; IT'S SO VERY MIRACULOUS! L,J
I don't usually "reply to all", but forgive me for doing it this time. 20+
years ago, I was involved with volunteer work with the blind. One of the people
I worked with was named Jim Gibbons - a very bright and unusual character. (To
give you an idea, he got his MBA from Harvard while he was working at Cincinnati
Bell; I helped him with some of his school work). Jim now resides in Virginia
with his wife and kids, and is the CEO of an advocacy company involved with the
Blind - wish I could remember the name.
Anyway, while I was working with Jim, visiting from my office at IBM downtown, I
got to be familiar with a machine that was "new high tech" at the time (in the
80's) called a "Kurzweil" or "Kurzweiler" (can't remember for certain.) But
this machine would take input that was typed into it, and translate it into
SPEECH!! You were given a choice of about 8 or 9 different "voices" in which
the machine would speak, and it was a wonder to behold. It was a big help to
Jim, too. (If I remember correctly now, you didn't "speak" into the machine;
rather, you scanned printed copy into it, and it turned the printed copy into
speech. That's even more remarkable when you think about it.)
This program from TJ is a little better, because it has the face of a cute
woman! :-)
Bill
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