Dennis H. Klatt | |
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| Born | 31 March 1938 |
| Died | 30 December 1988 (aged 50) |
| Occupation | Researcher |
Dennis H. Klatt (March 31, 1938 – December 30, 1988) was an American researcher in speech and hearing science. Klatt was the pioneer of computerized speech synthesis and created an interface which allowed for speech for non-expert users for the first time. Prior to his work, non-verbal individuals would need specialist support to be able to speak at all. Stephen Hawking used a version of this speech synthesizer, based on Klatt's own voice, and which Hawking chose to keep even after others became available.[1][2]
- ^ Medeiros, Joao (2015-01-13). "How Intel Gave Stephen Hawking a Voice". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ Kraus, Rachel (2018-03-14). "Meet the man whose voice became Stephen Hawking's". Mashable. Retrieved 2018-03-26.