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 ...

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 ...

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 ...