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Speaking Machine - 会说话的机器 - 토킹 머신 - experimental Organ

Speaking Machine by Wolfgang von Kempelen 1791
from the Book:
Mechanismus der menschlichen Sprache nebst der Beschreibung seiner sprechenden Maschine
Mechanism of human speech together with a description of its speaking machine

An experimental speech machine/organ by Kempelen before he started building the speaking machine.

This machine/organ could pronounce a, o, u, and an unclear e
individually

after another 2 years of experimentation, p, m, l.

The letters were connected to the keys but could not produce clear words when combined

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