Kevin's Watch

A discussion of the power of words. Roger Ebert lost his voice to cancer. He discusses the power of words, technology and hope.

www.ted.com/talks/roger_ebert_remaking_my_voice.html

I cracked up at his idea of the "Ebert Test."
It's an interesting thing, a good story...and early on [@ 7 or 8 minutes] makes a point that, if you follow the implications, goes beyond just his extreme situation and voice.
Only the most miniscule portion of us actually speak with our own voice...what comes out of our mouths is an ingrained bundle of habitual imitations of other voices, and extraneous muscular tensions...and it's a primary source of misunderstandings.

And his wife seems just cool as hell.

Agreed on his wife -- she rocks.

I thought it was cool that he got to meet the actor who provides the voice for "alex". Too bad there weren't more usable sounds from his own voice that could be mined to produce a digital voice for him.