Author: Chuck
Date: 01:44:46 02/16/06
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On February 15, 2006 at 19:12:46, Steve B wrote: >As is well known ,the inventor of the first commercially available computer to >be able to play a game of chess was the legendary Ron Nelson > >not so well known however, is that Nelson also pioneered the use of the voice >chip for his computers >the very first computer to use this chip was called appropriately called the >Voice Chess Challenger released in 1979 >it had a cold ,computer like sound to it, and could only call out the moves and >make a few simple statements >the VCC was released in two versions..the VCC and the Advanced VCC > > >to celebrate the use of this new feature Fidelity released the VCC and AVCC in >two tournament sized wooden boards >the boards could not recognize the moves and the moves had to be inputted via >the Keyboard as in the VCC-AVCC >but the boards themselves and the pieces were magnificent and worth owning just >as a chess set alone > >the Fidelity Decorator Challenger: >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=fc80&.dnm=44fb.jpg&.src=ph > >the Fidelity Grandmaster Voice: > >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=fc80&.dnm=1b67.jpg&.src=ph > >to this day Nelson continues to perfect the voice feature increasing the >vocabulary with each new release for Excalibur > >the upcoming Talking Chess Phantom Robot will feature the most elaborate voice >feature ever heard in a dedicated computer to date > >Speechless Regards >Steve This is great direction IMO, I have always held that the computer should adapt to the human, the human should not have to adapt to the computer. I certainly hope we have the opportunity to buy one of these new developments and of course I hope it can play chess well, too. :) Cheers, Chuck
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