How does Stephen Hawking thingie-majingie talk?

[BamBam215]

How exactly does the guy have the computer speak for him? Is his vocal cords hooked up to the computer? He can't be typing because he speaks too fast.

 

[rudeguy]

he has a small controller in his hand. He selects the words he wants to "say"

 

[Whitecloak]

i think it picks up the vibrations from his throat muscles and then translates it into english.

 

[BamBam215]

Originally posted by: GoodDad
he has a small controller in his hand. He selects the words he wants to "say"

doesn't he talk too fast for him to be selecting words one at a time?

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: BamBam215

Originally posted by: GoodDad
he has a small controller in his hand. He selects the words he wants to "say"

doesn't he talk too fast for him to be selecting words one at a time?

dunno. Just watched a show the other day on the Discovery Channel on him. It showed him using a little box like thing. He just highlighted words on a monitor and it spoke.

The guy had this look on his face. He looked so peaceful and happy, even though most of us would consider his life a worst case scenario.

 

[BamBam215]

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: BamBam215

Originally posted by: GoodDad
he has a small controller in his hand. He selects the words he wants to "say"

doesn't he talk too fast for him to be selecting words one at a time?

dunno. Just watched a show the other day on the Discovery Channel on him. It showed him using a little box like thing. He just highlighted words on a monitor and it spoke.

The guy had this look on his face. He looked so peaceful and happy, even though most of us would consider his life a worst case scenario.

my best guess is he looks at the words using his eyes and the computer somehow is able to detect where he's looking. i remember this kind of technology mentioned on tv awhile back. but i'm not too sure either.

 

[rudeguy]

my best guess is he looks at the words using his eyes and the computer somehow is able to detect where he's looking. i remember this kind of technology mentioned on tv awhile back. but i'm not too sure either.

he was for sure controlling it with his hand....let me do some googling

 

[Shawn]

who is he?

 

[BamBam215]

Originally posted by: iloveme2
who is he?

someone has been living under a rock

 

[rudeguy]

Before the operation, my speech had been getting more slurred, so that only a few people who knew me well, could understand me. But at least I could communicate. I wrote scientific papers by dictating to a secretary, and I gave seminars through an interpreter, who repeated my words more clearly. However, the tracheostomy operation removed my ability to speak altogether. For a time, the only way I could communicate was to spell out words letter by letter, by raising my eyebrows when someone pointed to the right letter on a spelling card. It is pretty difficult to carry on a conversation like that, let alone write a scientific paper. However, a computer expert in California, called Walt Woltosz, heard of my plight. He sent me a computer program he had written, called Equalizer. This allowed me to select words from a series of menus on the screen, by pressing a switch in my hand. The program could also be controlled by a switch, operated by head or eye movement. When I have built up what I want to say, I can send it to a speech synthesizer. At first, I just ran the Equalizer program on a desk top computer. However David Mason, of Cambridge Adaptive Communication, fitted a small portable computer and a speech synthesizer to my wheel chair. This system allowed me to communicate much better than I could before. I can manage up to 15 words a minute. Text

 

[BamBam215]

Originally posted by: GoodDad
Before the operation, my speech had been getting more slurred, so that only a few people who knew me well, could understand me. But at least I could communicate. I wrote scientific papers by dictating to a secretary, and I gave seminars through an interpreter, who repeated my words more clearly. However, the tracheostomy operation removed my ability to speak altogether. For a time, the only way I could communicate was to spell out words letter by letter, by raising my eyebrows when someone pointed to the right letter on a spelling card. It is pretty difficult to carry on a conversation like that, let alone write a scientific paper. However, a computer expert in California, called Walt Woltosz, heard of my plight. He sent me a computer program he had written, called Equalizer. This allowed me to select words from a series of menus on the screen, by pressing a switch in my hand. The program could also be controlled by a switch, operated by head or eye movement. When I have built up what I want to say, I can send it to a speech synthesizer. At first, I just ran the Equalizer program on a desk top computer. However David Mason, of Cambridge Adaptive Communication, fitted a small portable computer and a speech synthesizer to my wheel chair. This system allowed me to communicate much better than I could before. I can manage up to 15 words a minute. Text

so you were right but my guess was also right

 

[Rumpltzer]

Originally posted by: BamBam215

Originally posted by: iloveme2
who is he?

someone has been living under a rock

LOL!! He shows up on the UCSB campus a few times a year (usually in the summer for a month or more). He gets the best parking spaces right in front of the Physics Institute.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: BamBam215

Originally posted by: iloveme2
who is he?

someone has been living under a rock

LOL!! He shows up on the UCSB campus a few times a year (usually in the summer for a month or more). He gets the best parking spaces right in front of the Physics Institute.

Well, since he's basically considered the current greatest scientific mind, I'm pretty sure they'd give it to him. Also the fact that he's in a wheelchair, so couldn't he get a handicap stop too? Wow, combined, its like he can park his car right inside the building.

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: BamBam215

Originally posted by: iloveme2
who is he?

someone has been living under a rock

LOL!! He shows up on the UCSB campus a few times a year (usually in the summer for a month or more). He gets the best parking spaces right in front of the Physics Institute.

Well, since he's basically considered the current greatest scientific mind, I'm pretty sure they'd give it to him. Also the fact that he's in a wheelchair, so couldn't he get a handicap stop too? Wow, combined, its like he can park his car right inside the building.

He can DRIVE??!!!?1 :Q:Q

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: Joeyman

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: BamBam215

Originally posted by: iloveme2
who is he?

someone has been living under a rock

LOL!! He shows up on the UCSB campus a few times a year (usually in the summer for a month or more). He gets the best parking spaces right in front of the Physics Institute.

Well, since he's basically considered the current greatest scientific mind, I'm pretty sure they'd give it to him. Also the fact that he's in a wheelchair, so couldn't he get a handicap stop too? Wow, combined, its like he can park his car right inside the building.

He can DRIVE :Q:Q

Of course, he selects the direction he wants to go on the menu. He can choose up to 5 directions a minute.

 

[axelfox]

A little robotic midget inside his wheelchair does the talking.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: axelfox
A little robotic midget inside his wheelchair does the talking.

Why not get a real midget. Table scraps are cheap after all.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Originally posted by: Joeyman

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: BamBam215

Originally posted by: iloveme2
who is he?

someone has been living under a rock

LOL!! He shows up on the UCSB campus a few times a year (usually in the summer for a month or more). He gets the best parking spaces right in front of the Physics Institute.

Well, since he's basically considered the current greatest scientific mind, I'm pretty sure they'd give it to him. Also the fact that he's in a wheelchair, so couldn't he get a handicap stop too? Wow, combined, its like he can park his car right inside the building.

He can DRIVE??!!!?1 :Q:Q

Oh, I'm not complaining that he gets the prime parking... it's just that we're all envious because there is NO parking on the engineering side of campus. The Nobel Prize winners also get prime parking spots, and we're jealous of them too.

I'm pretty sure he doesn't drive. He has an entourage. I see them leaving late at night (midnight), and he gets lifted into the back of the van.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

He can DRIVE :Q:Q

Of course, he selects the direction he wants to go on the menu. He can choose up to 5 directions a minute.

LOL! good one.

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: BamBam215

Originally posted by: iloveme2
who is he?

someone has been living under a rock

LOL!! He shows up on the UCSB campus a few times a year (usually in the summer for a month or more). He gets the best parking spaces right in front of the Physics Institute.

Well, since he's basically considered the current greatest scientific mind, I'm pretty sure they'd give it to him. Also the fact that he's in a wheelchair, so couldn't he get a handicap stop too? Wow, combined, its like he can park his car right inside the building.

Uh, he is a great scientific mind, but I'm not sure if he is *the* greatest. Not to degrade him or anything but I think the fact that he is disabled gets him a lot of credit.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: iloveme2
who is he?

Despite his humorous, self-effacing manner, Hawking is one of the world's leading theoretical physicists. Many consider him to be the most brilliant since Einstein. Since 1979, he's held the post of Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University ? which was once held by Isaac Newton no less ? and has twelve honourary degrees.

From here..

 

[Mallow]

Originally posted by: Dissipate

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: BamBam215

Originally posted by: iloveme2
who is he?

someone has been living under a rock

LOL!! He shows up on the UCSB campus a few times a year (usually in the summer for a month or more). He gets the best parking spaces right in front of the Physics Institute.

Well, since he's basically considered the current greatest scientific mind, I'm pretty sure they'd give it to him. Also the fact that he's in a wheelchair, so couldn't he get a handicap stop too? Wow, combined, its like he can park his car right inside the building.

Uh, he is a great scientific mind, but I'm not sure if he is *the* greatest. Not to degrade him or anything but I think the fact that he is disabled gets him a lot of credit.

He didn't say the greatest scientific mind ever, but the current greatest (as in still alive).

 

[DWW]

Originally posted by: iloveme2
who is he?

MC Hawking ... yes, yes I'm going to hell.

Listen to some of his songs

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: Mallow

Originally posted by: Dissipate

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: BamBam215

Originally posted by: iloveme2
who is he?

someone has been living under a rock

LOL!! He shows up on the UCSB campus a few times a year (usually in the summer for a month or more). He gets the best parking spaces right in front of the Physics Institute.

Well, since he's basically considered the current greatest scientific mind, I'm pretty sure they'd give it to him. Also the fact that he's in a wheelchair, so couldn't he get a handicap stop too? Wow, combined, its like he can park his car right inside the building.

Uh, he is a great scientific mind, but I'm not sure if he is *the* greatest. Not to degrade him or anything but I think the fact that he is disabled gets him a lot of credit.

He didn't say the greatest scientific mind ever, but the current greatest (as in still alive).

I know, I still don't think he is the current greatest either. This guy happens to be my favorite.

 

[DWW]

I know, I still don't think he is the current greatest either. This guy happens to be my favorite.

I think you are clearly wrong. This guy is the greatest. Once you check out some of his contributions you will clearly re-think your choice.