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Percolator by Brian Roemmele

This is the first telemarketing robo dialed call promoting “your business featured on Alexa”. Much like “Your business is not listed on Google” this is the first specimen of this unique marketing genera. Recorded 12/15/2019 during a wide ranging research study by Brian Roemmele.

This is Jack Kerry, the Voice of Greyhound. He started recoding 1950s. This is a 45rpm record distributed to the drivers in the 1962 called "A Message to Drivers”. Jack’s voice became a audio trademark for the brand and is one of the first uses of recorded voices used in this manner.

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured these sounds of interstellar space. Voyager 1's plasma wave instrument detected the vibrations of dense interstellar plasma, or ionized gas, from October to November 2012 and April to May 2013. The soundtrack reproduces the amplitude and frequency of the plasma waves as "heard" by Voyager 1. The waves detected by the instrument antennas can be simply amplified and played through a speaker. These frequencies are within the range heard by human ears. Scientists noticed that each occurrence involved a rising tone. The dashed line indicates that the rising tones follow the same slope. This means a continuously increasing density. When scientists extrapolated this line even further back in time, they deduced that Voyager 1 first encountered interstellar plasma in August 2012.

This lead singer’s voice is a Digital Equipment Corporation DECTalk system. Made famous by Stephen Hawking. The voice is of Dennis Klatt's KLATTALK encoded voice synthesis files created in 1982. This song was performed by the amazingly talented Snoopi Botten (donate: https://cash.app/$theflameofhope).

This lead singer’s voice is a Digital Equipment Corporation DECTalk system. Made famous by Stephen Hawking. The voice is of Dennis Klatt's KLATTALK encoded voice synthesis files created in 1982. This song was performed by the amazingly talented Snoopi Botten (donate: https://cash.app/$theflameofhope).

This lead singer’s voice is a Digital Equipment Corporation DECTalk system. Made famous by Stephen Hawking. The voice is of Dennis Klatt's KLATTALK encoded voice synthesis files created in 1982. This song was performed by the amazingly talented Snoopi Botten (donate: https://cash.app/$theflameofhope).

I Am The Edison Phonograph 1906 (first audio advertising) "I am the Edison phonograph, created by the great wizard of the New World to delight those who would have melody or be amused. I can sing you tender songs of love. I can give you merry tales and joyous laughter. I can transport you to the realms of music. I can cause you to join in the rhythmic dance. I can lull the babe to sweet repose, or waken in the aged heart soft memories of youthful days. No matter what may be your mood, I am always ready to entertain you. When your day's work is done, I can bring the theater or the opera to your home. I can give you grand opera, comic opera or vaudeville. I can give you sacred or popular music, dance, orchestra or instrumental music. I can render solos, duets, trios, quartets. I can aid in entertaining your guests. When your wife is worried after the cares of the day, and the children are boisterous, I can rest the one and quiet the other. I never get tired and you will never tire of me, for I always have something new to offer. I give pleasure to all, young and old. I will go wherever you want me, in the parlor, in the sickroom, on the porch, in the camp or to your summer home. If you sing or talk to me, I will retain your songs or words, and repeat them to you at your pleasure. I can enable you to always hear the voices of your loved ones, even though they are far away. I talk in every language. I can help you to learn other languages. I am made with the highest degree of mechanical skill. My voice is the clearest, smoothest and most natural of any talking machine. The name of my famous master is on my body, and tells you that I am a genuine Edison phonograph. The more you become acquainted with me, the better you will like me. Ask the dealer."

The Covox Voice Master Demo - Commodore 64 & Apple II- 1985. The first publicly available Voice Recognition system.

Brian Roemmele’s presentation at The Alexa Conference 2019 was easily the most controversial of the week. Some people were inspired, others confused, and some left skeptical. But, it certainly led to a lot of discussion throughout the conference. Voicebot sat down with Brian to distill the expanse of his vision for an ultra-personalized AI assistant that he believes will be with people from birth to death. It is his first interview on the topic and project he says has been decades in the making. Brian first started working with voice technology in the 1980’s and recently expanded his research efforts that will include a forthcoming book called “The Last Interface,” and product concepts named the Intelligence Amplifier and Wisdom Keeper. The Intelligence Amplifier will be a tool that records your life in real-time and instantly enables you to retrieve any information from your life experiences as needed. It will also have agency to anonymously gather information or execute tasks on your behalf. The wisdom keeper will be your manifestation while you are not there and can represent you both in life and afterward. Brian talks about some things that are being done today and others only seen previously in science fiction. It’s a provocative conversation with a practical application of AI and voice.