Professor Faber’s “talking machine,” operated by a piano-like keyboard, generated humanoid speech through a rather unsettling bodiless mask that stared eerily ahead. Still, the machine sold a lot of ...

Just imagine the soothing voice of your o clock radio, coaxing you out of sleep. The time is 3 46 AM. The date is 7 22 dragging yourself out of bed. You call directory assistance for the number to ...

Depression teaches humility, softens pride. For many years the two great talking machine companies of the world have wanted to merge, time & again they have refused to make minor concessions. But last ...