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Technology Giving Roger Ebert His Voice Back
March 1st, 2010 Posted in Today's Special by Michael Silbergleid | Print This Post Print This Post

By Michael Silbergleid

Nearly four years after a battle with thyroid cancer robbed him of the ability to speak, iconic film critic Roger Ebert sounded like his former self Friday during a taping of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” the show’s producer said.

Want to know more about the tech involved? Visit http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-0227-ebert-voice-20100226,0,3083464.story

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3 Responses to “Technology Giving Roger Ebert His Voice Back”

  1. hdtv.br Says:

    March 2nd, 2010 at 2:47 am

    In a while there will be robotic versions of celebrities with they original voices.

    Mark, what happened to your podcast?


  2. Mark Schubin Says:

    March 2nd, 2010 at 10:19 pm

    The sponsors pulled the plug.

    I’ll try to get around to doing some on this site.


  3. hdtv.br Says:

    March 4th, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    I finally saw a video of Roger Ebert “speaking” with his new voice but I didn’t get to convinced. Maybe the tone of his voice sounds the same but the software still reads preety much like an old text-to-speech software.


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