Roger Ebert speaks on 2 March 2010
from the Mercury News:
Film critic Roger Ebert, who lost his ability to speak after surgery for cancer, says a Scottish company has helped him regain a voice his grandchildren can recognize.
Computer programmers at a company called CereProc captured the sound of Ebert"s voice from movie commentary tracks, Ebert wrote in Sunday"s Chicago Sun-Times. He now can type what he wants to say and listeners hear a voice that sounds like him.
The new voice, which Ebert calls "Roger Jr.," will be heard predicting Oscar winners on a segment of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" airing Tuesday, March 2.
**UPDATE
Roger Ebert discusses his father Walter Harry Ebert, born in Urbana in 1902 in My old man
Film critic Roger Ebert, who lost his ability to speak after surgery for cancer, says a Scottish company has helped him regain a voice his grandchildren can recognize.
Computer programmers at a company called CereProc captured the sound of Ebert"s voice from movie commentary tracks, Ebert wrote in Sunday"s Chicago Sun-Times. He now can type what he wants to say and listeners hear a voice that sounds like him.
The new voice, which Ebert calls "Roger Jr.," will be heard predicting Oscar winners on a segment of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" airing Tuesday, March 2.
**UPDATE
Roger Ebert discusses his father Walter Harry Ebert, born in Urbana in 1902 in My old man
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