a bit of trivia I found interesting

[ccrawford at acb.org]

I did not know that.  How wierd.  

- charlie Crawford.


On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:

> 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
> 
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