<![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913 - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913 - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> @Garrison Dean: Maybe because the first electronic computers didn't exist 'till the 30s and the first general purpose, re-programmable computer wasn't built 'till the 40s?

salamander42

]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> can you spell "ARHGHAGHGH" phonetically please, sir?

geekgrrl

]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> If you're interested in the science of this, John B. Flowers wrote up a paper published in 1916 in 'Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers"
[books.google.com]

It's a dry read, but pretty incredible. With all of our fancy algorithms and powerful computers, we really haven't gotten THAT much farther.

SomeAudioGuy

]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> ...first message recorded by the general public: "Damn pizza hawking shift doesn't work right!"

comp_wiz101

]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> @joemono:
@goldfarb:

hahahahhahaha

s0crates82

]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> @joemono: Gold Star(tm) Sir!

goldfarb

]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> "No, I said T-W-O."

click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click...

"NO, don't type that out."

click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click...

"FUCK!"

click-click-click-click

joemono

]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> The machine's last words, as recorded on August 27, 1993: "Egg freckles?"

MonkeyT

]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> That looks like an Underwood typewriter. I sold one of those on eBay last month for about $70.

That guy was pretty amazing for doing that almost 100 years ago. Too bad he didn't realize that what he had, with more work could have been developed into the electric typewriter and the computer. Or maybe he did?

se7a7n7

]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> amazing how far we've come...
check out Vocaliod : [www.vocaloid.com]

goldfarb

]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> I say the solution for homophones could have been the same as laugh. La-ug-h, t-wo to-o. Still faster than typing yourself. We could have had dictophones. Ah well, what could have been.

I wonder if anyone could find blueprints somewhere. Would make a good instructables project.

Ghede

]]> <![CDATA[A Machine That Types What Is Spoken To It, 1913]]> What a frickin moron, a typewriter? Why didn't he try and get this to work with a computer?! Dumbass. Oh look at me, I've attached earbuds to a phonograph.. GOD!!!

Garrison Dean, King Awesome

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