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In 1791 Wolfgang von Kempelen built a [[taling machine]] that could produce speech utterances. [[Voiced]] [[sound]]s as well as unvoiced [[consonant]]s could be generated. Bellows were used to expel air and this air was passed through a vibrating reed.  
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==Definition==
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In 1791 [[wikipedia:Wolfgang von Kempelen|Wolfgang von Kempelen]] built a [[talking machine]] that could produce speech utterances. [[Voiced]] [[sound]]s as well as unvoiced [[consonant]]s could be generated. Bellows were used to expel air and this air was passed through a vibrating reed.  
  
 
Unvoiced sounds were produced with the reed off, and by a turbulent flow through a suitable passage. Von Kempelen claimed that, apart from the vowel sounds, approximately 19 consonant sounds could be made.
 
Unvoiced sounds were produced with the reed off, and by a turbulent flow through a suitable passage. Von Kempelen claimed that, apart from the vowel sounds, approximately 19 consonant sounds could be made.
  
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*[http://www.haskins.yale.edu/haskins/HEADS/SIMULACRA/wheatstone.html Picture and description of Von Kempelen's machine]
 
*[http://www.haskins.yale.edu/haskins/HEADS/SIMULACRA/wheatstone.html Picture and description of Von Kempelen's machine]
 
*[http://www.haskins.yale.edu/haskins/HEADS/SIMULACRA/bell.html More on the model of the vocal tract by Bell]
 
*[http://www.haskins.yale.edu/haskins/HEADS/SIMULACRA/bell.html More on the model of the vocal tract by Bell]
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In 1791 Wolfgang von Kempelen built a talking machine that could produce speech utterances. Voiced sounds as well as unvoiced consonants could be generated. Bellows were used to expel air and this air was passed through a vibrating reed.

Unvoiced sounds were produced with the reed off, and by a turbulent flow through a suitable passage. Von Kempelen claimed that, apart from the vowel sounds, approximately 19 consonant sounds could be made.

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