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Beyond Earshot: The Epic Story of How Technology Reinvented the Human Voice

By Matthew Quinlan
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By Matthew Quinlan
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The first comprehensive history of the recorded voice—a lively narrative taking us from Thomas Edison's phonograph to the wonders and perils of today’s synthetic AI voices.

It's hard to imagine now, but just 150 years ago, any spoken words were heard once and then lost forever: no recording technology existed to capture it. Today, we are awash in recorded and transmitted utterances: phone calls, video calls, radio, albums, television, films, online reels, and AI synthetic voices. These advan...

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