[TriLUG] Hawking's Synthetic Voice Preserved / Linux / Raspberry Pi

[Roger W. Broseus via TriLUG]

For many years, Steven Hawking depended upon a voice synthesizer to 
communicate. The speech synthesizer, a CallText 5010, harked back to the 1980s 
and was last upgraded in 1986.

The robotic sounding voice became part of Hawking. It was his voice. In later 
years, efforts were made to move to more modern platforms, including 
emulations on PCs. Hawking stayed with his CallText voice - it was "him."

Many computer experts continued efforts to emulate the old CallText robotic 
voice and finally pleased Hawking with a prototype running on Linux on a 
Raspberry Pi! He liked it. And, Hawking's voice has been saved for the future.

Paraphrased from an article in TheWeek Magazine, "Saving Hawking's Voice," May 
4, 2018, which was, in turn, based on an article in the San Francisco Chronicle
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/The-Silicon-Valley-quest-to-preserve-Stephen-12759775.php
     short url: https://is.gd/eJPPfP

Contact me off-line for text if the on-line version is not accessible.

(Please excuse cross-posting, done in the interest of passing this on to a 
wider audience of Linux enthusiasts.)

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