Utterly insane voice synthesizer uses a piano – did I mention how insane it is?

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Monday, October 12th, 2009


I wanted to tell you guys to watch this without seeing the description, but it’s difficult to do so. Better find someone nearby, tell them to close their eyes, and then open them when they think they’ve got it figured out. This piano-based voice synthesizer breaks down the morphemes of normal speech into components which can be built up using piano keys. Sounds crazy in theory of course, but actually seeing the keys playing themselves and a voice coming out of it makes me think the end times are coming.

Will this be the voice with which our robot antagonists will soothe future generations of cowed humans?

[via Reddit]

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