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Parks Johnson interviews Homer Dudley of Bell Telephone Laboratories from McAlpin Hotel, January 14, 1939

1939-01-14 ‧ 26 x 21 cm ‧ Photograph, documentary ‧ monochrome ‧ Jump to full details ‧ Request from Special Collections

Summary:Episode number 273, McAlpin Hotel, January 14, 1939. Homer Dudley was the inventor of the "Voder," an early human-speech synthesizer which he created around 1938.
Century:1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Temporal subject: 1931-1940
1939-01-14
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:New York
Geographical subject – Settlement:New York City
Topical subjects: Johnson, Parks
Radio broadcasting
Interviews
Voder
Dudley, Homer, 1896-1987
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Johnson, Parks
Butterworth, Wally, 1901-1974
ArchivesUM location:Vox Pop Collection
  • series 4
  • box 1
  • folder 8
  • item 2.078
  • accession 1996-18
Repository:Library of American Broadcasting
Browse terms:Broadcasting, Communications
Science, Technology
Copyright holder:unknown
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