Speech Synthesizers

[Brett Duggan]

Several months ago, I asked about what was used on one of the two spoken 
word tracks on the Kraftwerk Radioactivity album, and was informed that a 
voder was used for it.  Info on the voder is available at:

	http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/machines/vocoder/index.html

Brett D

> Ethan Duni wrote:
> 
> >i thought there was some device called a "voder" (?) that had keys that
> >represented various sets of formants that you could press sequentially to
> >form words.. anyone?
> 
> Ethan
> 
> I heard rumors that this device was shown at the NY world's fair in 1939,
> but never got any conclusive information as to whether this is true.
> 
> Anyone know for sure?