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[[File:Kempelen Speakingmachine.JPG|right|thumb|300px|A replica of [[w:Wolfgang von Kempelen|Kempelen]]'s [[w:Wolfgang von Kempelen's Speaking Machine|speaking machine]], built 2007–09 at the Department of [[w:Phonetics|Phonetics]], [[w:Saarland University|Saarland University]], [[w:Saarbrücken|Saarbrücken]], Germany. This machine added models of the tongue and lips, enabling it to produce [[w:consonant|consonant]]s as well as [[w:vowel|vowel]]s]] | |||
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[http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/publications/files/theses/lemmetty_mst/chap2.html History and Development of Speech Synthesis], Helsinki University of Technology, Retrieved on November 4, 2006 | [http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/publications/files/theses/lemmetty_mst/chap2.html History and Development of Speech Synthesis], Helsinki University of Technology, Retrieved on November 4, 2006 | ||
</ref> (Based on [[w:Speech synthesis#History]]) | </ref> (Based on [[w:Speech synthesis#History]]) | ||
* '''1791''' | science | '''[[w:Wolfgang von Kempelen's Speaking Machine]]''' of [[w:Wolfgang von Kempelen]] of [[w:Pressburg]], [[w:Hungary]], described in a 1791 paper was [[w:bellows]]-operated.<ref>''Mechanismus der menschlichen Sprache nebst der Beschreibung seiner sprechenden Maschine'' ("Mechanism of the human speech with description of its speaking machine", J. B. Degen, Wien).</ref> This machine added models of the tongue and lips, enabling it to produce [[w:consonant]]s as well as [[w:vowel]]s. (based on [[w:Speech synthesis#History]]) | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == |