Roger Ebert Debuts New Voice on Oprah
Roger Ebert's battle with thyroid cancer in 2006 has left the critic unable to speak in his own voice—until now. On Tuesday's Oprah, he showed off a new technology that uses archive recordings of his reviews to give Ebert a computerized voice shockingly close to his original. We give it two thumbs up!
Roger Ebert's battle with thyroid cancer in 2006 has left the critic unable to speak in his own voice—until now. On Tuesday's Oprah, he showed off a new technology that uses archive recordings of his reviews to give Ebert a computerized voice shockingly close to his original. We give it two thumbs up!
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