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  2. Origin of speech - Wikipedia

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    Whichever modality is chosen, it can reliably transmit the full message content without external assistance of any kind. When talking on the telephone, for example, any accompanying facial or manual gestures, however natural to the speaker, are not strictly necessary. When typing or manually signing, conversely, there is no need to add sounds.

  3. Euphonia (device) - Wikipedia

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    The Euphonia was a talking machine created in the early to mid-nineteenth century by the Austrian inventor Joseph Faber and exhibited in 1845 in Philadelphia and in 1846 in London's Egyptian Hall. [1] An earlier version of the invention had been destroyed in 1844 by Faber. [2]

  4. History of communication - Wikipedia

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    Human communication was initiated with the origin of speech approximately 100,000 BCE. [1] Symbols were developed about 30,000 years ago. The imperfection of speech allowed easier dissemination of ideas and eventually resulted in the creation of new forms of communication, improving both the range at which people could communicate and the longevity of the information.

  5. 50 Inventions From The Past That Were Amazingly Innovative - AOL

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    #41 Talking Doll Thomas Edison invented the cylindrical phonograph in 1877 and was looking for ways to commercialize it. In 1888, Edison developed a china doll equipped with a cylindrical ...

  6. Origin of language - Wikipedia

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    The origin of language, its relationship with human evolution, and its consequences have been subjects of study for centuries.Scholars wishing to study the origins of language draw inferences from evidence such as the fossil record, archaeological evidence, contemporary language diversity, studies of language acquisition, and comparisons between human language and systems of animal ...

  7. Timeline of speech and voice recognition - Wikipedia

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    IBM invents the Automatic Call Identification system, enabling engineers to talk to and receive spoken answers from a device. [5] 1971–1976: Program: DARPA funds five years of speech recognition research with the goal of ending up with a machine capable of understanding a minimum of 1,000 words.

  8. Timeline of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    19 February 1880: The photophone, also called a radiophone, is invented jointly by Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter at Bell's Volta Laboratory. [18] [19] The device allowed for the transmission of sound on a beam of light. 20 March 1880: National Bell Telephone merges with others to form the American Bell Telephone Company.

  9. Hear Thomas Edison's talking doll that scared kids in 1890

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    Collecter, Ward Harris, holds a talking doll with a metal torso that was invented by Thomas Edison, in San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 9, 1949. Harris holds in his other hand the inside mechanicals of ...