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Commanding voice: Quadriplegic Judy Kramer tries out a Heath Zenith computer equipped with a special chip that translates voice commands into signals the machine reads as though they were keystrokes
Commanding voice: Quadriplegic Judy Kramer tries out a Heath Zenith computer equipped with a special chip that translates voice commands into signals the machine reads as though they were keystrokes

Commanding voice: Quadriplegic Judy Kramer tries out a Heath Zenith computer equipped with a special chip that translates voice commands into signals the machine reads as though they were keystrokes

Date10/4/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Commanding voice: Quadriplegic Judy Kramer tries out a Heath Zenith computer equipped with a special chip that translates voice commands into signals the machine reads as though they were keystrokes.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005928F
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