Local startup and Appleton Tower resident, CereProc, has been working with world famous film critic, Roger Ebert, in regaining his voice. Ebert lost his voice due to surgery in 2007 for thyroid cancer; CereProc, which has developed technology that can synthesis voices from previous samples, used Ebert’s extensive library of DVD commentary and film archives to reproduce his voice.
The “neatest” thing is that Ebert is going to be appearing on Oprah some time in the next few weeks – so stay tuned! You can read more about the story in the Guardian and in the Independent!
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[...] March, 2010 by Jessica Williamson Further to Kate’s recent article about CereProc giving Roger Ebert his voice back, it’s awesome to see them on CBS News. The footage was [...]