Synthesis of a Vocal Sound from the 3,000 year old Mummy, Nesyamun 'True of Voice'.

ABSTRACT: The sound of a 3,000 year old mummified individual has been accurately reproduced as a vowel-like sound based on measurements of the precise dimensions of his extant vocal tract following Computed Tomography (CT) scanning, enabling the creation of a 3-D printed vocal tract. By using the Vocal Tract Organ, which provides a user-controllable artificial larynx sound source, a vowel sound is synthesised which compares favourably with vowels of modern individuals.

SUBMITTER: Howard DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6978302 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature