THE SONOVOX
Radio's New Device HE Sonovox is the result. of a discovery by Gilbert M. Wright, Hollywood screen and fiction writer and one-time physics instructor, that the sound of his whiskers being shaved off was transmitted through his throat and emerged through his open mouth. Mr. Wright perfected a method of enlarging the vibrations from a phonograph record so that they would actually cause the human throat to vibrate. The Sono-
vox gives human word-forming organs, palate, tongue, teeth and lips to any sound which can be played through a loud speaker. By means of the Sonovox any desired sound may be transmitted through’ the throat of the person who articulates the identical sound. The day may not be far distant when a well-modulated cow’s voice will be heard on the air delivering publicity for some brand of milk or the sound of sweetly-humming auto-motors may be used to "speak" words. of praise for certain motor oils,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 141, 6 March 1942, Page 13
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158THE SONOVOX New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 141, 6 March 1942, Page 13
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