Now You're Talking: Human Conversation from the Neanderthals to Artificial Intelligence - Couverture souple

Cox, Trevor

 
9781784705220: Now You're Talking: Human Conversation from the Neanderthals to Artificial Intelligence
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ISBN 10 : 1784705225 ISBN 13 : 9781784705220
Editeur : Vintage, 2019

Synopsis

‘A lively, intelligent and persuasive history of speech...Expertly and patiently explained’ The Times

Why are human beings the only animals that can speak? And why does it matter?

If you’ve ever felt the shock of listening to a recording of your own voice, you realise how important your voice is to your personal identity. We judge others – and whether we trust them – not just by their words but by the way they talk: their intonation, their pitch, their accent.

Now You’re Talking explores the full range of our voice – how we speak and how we sing; how our vocal anatomy works; what happens when things go wrong; and how technology enables us to imitate and manipulate the human voice.

Trevor Cox talks to vocal coaches who help people to develop their new voice after a gender transition; to record producers whose use of technology has transformed the singing voice; and to computer scientists who replicate the human voice in their development of artificial intelligence.

Beginning with the Neanderthals, Now You’re Talking takes us all the way to the digital age – with the frightening prospect that we may soon hear ‘Unexpected item in the bagging area’ more frequently than a friendly ‘Hello, how are you?’ in the street.

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À propos de l'auteur

Trevor Cox is Professor of Acoustic Engineering at the University of Salford and president of the Institute of Acoustics. He has presented numerous science radio documentaries and has written for the New Scientist. He is an associate editor for an international journal of acoustics, and the author of Sonic Wonderland. Twitter: @trevor_cox

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Éditeur
Vintage
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1784705225
ISBN 13 
9781784705220
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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