The Voder
The Voder was born in 1939, a product of the Bell Telephone Laboratories' cutting-edge research in electronic speech synthesis. At the time, the Voder was a marvel of engineering, capable of producing a range of human-sounding sounds that were previously unattainable. Its creators envisioned a future where the Voder would revolutionize communication, allowing people to communicate with machines in a way that felt natural and intuitive.