a bit of trivia I found interesting

[Janina Sajka]

Dave Hunt writes:
> 
> I have heard that DEC founder (Ken Olsen) was the model for dectalk.
> Truth or yet another urban legend?:)
> 
The DEC Talk's inventor was Dr. Dennis Klatt. He would place radioactive
pellets in the back of his moth and X-|ray himself speaking in order to
better understand the formation of speech. From this he was able to
model a synthesizer.


Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, it cost him his life from throat
cancer.

	
				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175