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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. I, for one... by Solra+Bizna · · Score: 5, Funny

    *is brutally killed before finishing the meme*

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    1. Re:I, for one... by DrSkwid · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's ok, we can re-create your typing style from your skeleton and finish the job

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  2. 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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    1. Re:Ergh - yuk. by jginspace · · Score: 3, Informative
      2)IE 6 Only.

      Huh? TFA opens fine in Opera and IE...

      The "(Leonardon) Da Vinci referece = promotion of lame movie" stance I shall ignore.

  3. 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.

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  4. with them? by iogan · · Score: 5, Funny

    While Da Vinci is cool, I can think of a slew of other deceased notables worth talking with as well.

    Yeah, um.. you won't actually get to talk with them though, you'll just get to figure out what their voices might have sounded like. Sorry if that ruins it for you.

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  5. Da Vinci by dr_d_19 · · Score: 3, Funny

    No wireless. Less paint than Monet. Lame.

  6. What you don't see... by umbrellasd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Probably doesn't work too well for eunuchs either, :).

  7. 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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  8. So by nickthisname · · Score: 5, Funny

    We now know what Da Vinci would have sounded like when he said:
    "Someone please shoot Dan Brown."

  9. And what the Mona Lisas voice said.... by Viol8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Leonardo , I *really* need to go to the toilet! Now!"

  10. I hear dead people! by jimwatters · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hear dead people!

  11. 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.

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