‪How did Stephen Hawking’s voice synthesiser work?‬

[Groucho]

Well?

Coz if it was thought-driven, I’d have been in so much aggro if I was him.

 

[RomanReigns]

something do with his cheek muscles i think

 

[Moomin]

Well?

Coz if it was thought-driven, I’d have been in so much aggro if I was him.

Well he get a friend to help build it, and while that friend was busy sorting it. Stephen stole his wife.

 

[chrismpw]

Started out cursor driven with a mouse kind of switch he worked with his hand, as I understand. As he lost ability, the same movements were somehow actuated by twitches from his cheek muscles (shorter nerves so were later to fail).

Next in line were to be eye movements as far as I know.

He had an alphabet of words on the top half of the screen, and the lower half was comprised of commonly use words.

He was offered more modern, more realistic voices over time, but refused them as he liked the original and knew it's how people recognised him.

Just imagine if he'd adopted the yoda voice!

 

[evertony]

Always reminded me of one of them Rolf Harris Stylophone things I had when I was a kid.

 

[chrissyjack]

Imagine if the synthesiser had tourettes

 

[Groucho]

 

[gonetomorrow]

What a brave individual. He just made the best of things. An inspiration really.

 

[sageyefc]

Someone in another room was speaking into a microphone connected to the speaker on his wheelchair

 

[bol-uk]

Well he get a friend to help build it, and while that friend was busy sorting it. Stephen stole his wife.

He must have been some looker,his mate I mean.

 

[maccavennie]

Someone in another room was speaking into a microphone connected to the speaker on his wheelchair

ffs lol

Can you imagine if after all these years that proved to be true!!

I found it interesting when I watched a programme a couple of years ago with an interview with Stephen Hawkins and some fella whose name escapes me ( Irish comedian but well into his Space ) and he mentions that they cut down certsin parts of the interview as when he asked a question it actually took a while to receive the response from Stephen Hawkins as it was quite time consuming for him to reply using the machine.

 

[Kurt.]

Pretentious git.... born in England but spoke in an American accent

 

[gonetomorrow]

Pretentious git.... born in England but spoke in an American accent

He got used to his own voice!

It would have been good if he'd tried a selection of accents.

"Tek ma werd furrit, maan. Ye divvent wanna tek yer helmet off when yer in a black hoowaal lyke.. ......"

 

[d34noj]

ffs lol

Can you imagine if after all these years that proved to be true!!

I found it interesting when I watched a programme a couple of years ago with an interview with Stephen Hawkins and some fella whose name escapes me ( Irish comedian but well into his Space ) and he mentions that they cut down certsin parts of the interview as when he asked a question it actually took a while to receive the response from Stephen Hawkins as it was quite time consuming for him to reply using the machine.

Dara O'Brein I think it was.

 

[maccavennie]

Dara O'Brein I think it was.

It was mate