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Japanese Lab Creates 'Da Vinci' Voices

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the speaking-with-the-dead dept.

Mikki writes "Using methods employed in criminal investigations, the Japan Acoustic Lab has analyzed the skeletal structures of Leonardo Da Vinci and Mona Lisa's faces to replicate how their voices would have sounded." While Da Vinci is cool, I can think of a slew of other deceased notables worth talking with as well.

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  1. Ergh - yuk. by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    1) Promotion of lame movie.

    2) IE 6 Only.

    Please don't post this sort of crap (that's so hard to watch) again.

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  2. Fine, but... by jolyonr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    how will bone structure determine regional accent?

    If you make assumptions about where someone was brought up and who by, this kind of thing could work - but let's see a blind test. Let someone do a recording of their voice, get these guys to analyse their facial structure (in silence) and see if their prediction matches reality. It's easy to say what dead people noone alive has heard sounds like.

    Jolyon

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  3. Which is great because.. by Burb · · Score: 4, Insightful
    ... we all know that we way we talk is completely determined by skeletal structure. Your native language, culture, education, temperament, mood, and state of health are completely irrelevant.

    Mind you, it would be funny if he sounded like Tom Hanks.

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  4. Re:the article and direct link by WinterSolstice · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No kidding - this article is complete crap. Typically when you "analyze" a skeleton, you actually do some real science. You don't just look at Mike Tyson, examine his face, and produce a voice that sounds anything like his.

    By all rights, he should sound more like Samuel Jackson :)

    Stupid story, stupid stunt, lame page. Thanks, slashdot, for supporting the MPAA.

    -WS

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