Optophone

(en.wikipedia.org)

29 points | by Hooke 4 days ago

3 comments

  • zaius 2 hours ago
    After reading Hail Mary, I wondered how reasonable it was for someone to truly be able to understand a language based in tones / chords alone. Maybe 60 words per minute would be enough to communicate but it sure would be frustrating.
    • rtkwe 39 minutes ago
      I think you could get faster with a language actually meant to be 'sung' instead of this rough translation of english characters into audio.
  • altruios 2 hours ago
    Is this a lighthearted jab at computer vision being reduced to tokens?
  • ge96 2 hours ago
    I take it this was before speak and spell
    • rtkwe 54 minutes ago
      This was before integrated circuits and was all analog.