[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: Plants Prefer Synthetic Speech
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 15:57:33 -0500
Oh, that is great Guido, smile.
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Advisory Council
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to
stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
-- Vance Havner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guido Corona" <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:18 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fw: Plants Prefer Synthetic Speech
Dr. Jay Leventhal of the American Foundation For The Blind ust signalled
me the following article on application of TTS to Horticulture by the sage
of Appenzell. Please read on for details. And remember: all techniques
discussed should be applied externally only. Do not ingest and do not
inject.
Regards,
G.
Guido Dante Corona
IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx.
Research Division,
Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
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"Jay Leventhal" <jaylev@xxxxxxx>
04/01/2005 01:56 PM
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Plants Prefer Synthetic Speech
From: Jay Leventhal
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 1:58 PM
To: techteam
Subject: Plants Prefer Synthetic Speech
A study conducted by professor Aloysius Q. Schmaltzenstein's research team
in Flumserberg, Switzerland, has shown that plants prefer synthetic speech
over human speech. A variety of plant species were tested. While some
plants were regularly read to by graduate students, others were placed
near computers which read to them using a variety of speech synthesizers.
The same texts were read in each case, from classic literature to current
magazines. Measurements were taken weekly. Changes in the plants were
noted throughout a six-month period.
The surprising results of the research showed that the plants exposed to
synthetic speech thrived--they grew faster and produced more flowers than
the plants exposed to human speech. Professor Schmaltzenstein believes
that synthetic speech provided consistent companionship for "our green
friends." He said that plants being read to by humans may have been
disturbed by a variety of factors, including long silences and bad breath.
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