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Re:Pink Trombone by jdietrich on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @05:15PM (#18916045)
In a historical vein, the absolutely magnificent Voder, from the late 1930s:

https://youtu.be/TsdOej_nC1M?t=16

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voder

Re:Pink Trombone by taneq on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @08:05PM (#18917365)
I found it difficult to tell how well it's actually speaking because the announcer is priming the audience for every utterance. Very cool though!
Re:Pink Trombone by krolley on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:13AM (#18919326)
After your comment, I muted the audio when the announcer told the audience what the computer would say. I couldn't get it straight away, but when they emphasised different words in the sentence I could usually tell what was being said "Greetings everybody!".