29 Oct
1998
29 Oct
'98
6:59 a.m.
Voice _activated_ or voice _operated_? I could easily imagine a type
writer turning on when you talk to it, but not a typewriter that can
understand speech. Though, with a housefull of tubes, it could
probably be done...
I saw a reference to a voice-activated typewriter that was patented in
1916.
(No, that is not a typo.) Unforunately the site
isn't in my bookmark
file
or if it is, the reference isn't easily
accessible.
-- Derek
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