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In 1974 a man ordered a pizza using a computer voice synthesizer

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 27, 2025
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A man with the inability to speak made history in 1974 by ordering a pizza over the phone using a voice synthesizer.

The call took place at Michigan State University's Artificial Language Laboratory on December 4, 1974. Donald Sherman, who has Moebius Syndrome Syndrome had never before been able to order pizza by phone, used a Votrax voice synthesizer sy…

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