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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.
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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
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rtkwe
54 minutes ago
This was before integrated circuits and was all analog.
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