A 19th-century speaking machine
TheTecnefónof Severino Pérez y Vázquez
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3124467 |
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| Authors | Elena Battaner Moro (0000-0002-5521-6445, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-36 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historiographia Linguistica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0302-5160 • E-ISSN: 1569-9781 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/hl.34.1.03bat |
| OpenAlex | W2083396813 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The Tecnefón is a speaking machine developed in Spain in the 1860s by Severino Pérez y Vázquez. Pérez's main book on the Tecnefón was published in 1868. Within the context of speaking machines designed from the 18th century onwards, the Tecnefón is built on an acoustical basis; hence it is different from W. von Kempelen's device, which tried to 'replicate' the phonatory system. The Tecnefón has three main parts: a drum that generates sound (the source), an air chamber to hold such sound, and a set of tubes, chambers, and other artefacts propelled by a keyboard. Pérez created a prototype of a speaking machine that performed five vowels and six consonants, so it could 'speak' many sentences in Spanish. To this he added accent and intonation with a lever. However, the Tecnefón was never finished due to institutional circumstances that prevented Pérez from pursuing his research
Acoustics · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Drum · Intonation (linguistics · Lever · Linguistics · Physics · Sound (geography · Stress (linguistics · Engineering · History · Media, Communication, and Education · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy · Mechanical Engineering
| Highly cited | No |
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