Make HAL proud and help Siri touch the monolith. UTAU or Vocal Synthesizer Tool UTAU is a voice-synthesis software developed by Ameya/Ayame and made for the Windows operating system. But now that HAL’s soothingly detached cadence and artificial intelligence capabilities have been mimicked by Siri, perhaps it’s time to revisit the connection with ThinkGeek’s new Iris 9000 voice control module that will let you Siri from across the room… or trapped on the opposite side of the pod bay doors rocketing through deep space. Perhaps because HAL isn’t exactly cinema’s most touchy-feely computer, Apple wasn’t willing to embrace the association between 2001 and the iPod line. Have you ever wondered why Hal 9000 sings Daisy Bell as its being destroyed by an astronaut in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey The iconic scene happened because of real computer experiments happening at Bell Labs. Acting erratically, HAL 9000 eventually lashes out, revealing a murderous new self-preservation instinct when his human charges want to shut him down. Listen To The Voice Synthesizer That Inspired 2001: A Space Odyssey Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do. This skill is offered purely for fun, and I can promise that it will not be added to or enhanced. No matter what is asked, Hal will simply reply with Im afraid I cant do that Dave, in authentic Hal audio voice. Back in 2001, a freelance copywriter named Vinnie Chieco who was hired to help Apple come up with a name for their MP3 player took one look at the device and exclaimed: “Open the Pod Bay Doors, HAL!” And thus, the iPod was christened.Ĭhieco was making a tongue-in-cheek pop reference to Stanley Kubrick’s transcendental sci-fi masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which a ship’s onboard AI, HAL 9000, makes an evolutionary leap after coming in radio contact with a monolith circling Jupiter. This skill will feed your Hal 9000 craving by playing everybodys favorite quote in response to any question you ask.
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