One of my favorite podcasts, 99% Invisible, recently featured a story on the Bell Labs’ Voder and how its innovation lead to one of the best kept secrets in WWII high frequency communications: SIGSALY.
The episode is called Vox Ex Machina and, trust me, it’s a gem.
Stop whatever you’re doing today and listen to this brilliant little documentary.
I’ve embedded the SoundCloud audio of the episode above, but you can also listen via the 99 Percent Invisible website.
There is a great BBC radio 4 documentary called “Klatt’s Last Tapes” which goes into the history of speech synthesis. You can find it on youtube at https://youtu.be/097K1uMIPyQ
Wow……as a Geek I found that INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!! 🙂
Yeah–I’ve listened to it twice already. It’s like Radio Geek candy.