Recording Artificial Speech in Motion Pictures

For the first time motion picture recordings have been made of human speech recreated by the artificial larynx. A brief description is given of the mechanical voice box that replaces the natural larynx when that organ has to be removed by surgery. The operation of the artificial larynx is contrasted to the action of the human larynx, and the vocal organs in general are shown in combined realistic photography and animated drawings from the sound motion picture, “The Voice That Science Made,” which the paper serves to introduce. Some sidelights are thrown on the production of this novel film experiment in popular education.

Print ISSN

0097-5834

Published

1932-12

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J08992