Caption

Illustration shows Euphonia, one of the first mechanical machines for generating human speech, an early mechanical speech synthesizer constructed in the 19th century by Austrian inventor Joseph Faber. The machine imitated the human anatomy of speech. She had an artificial throat, a mechanical tongue, and vocal cords. Air was forced through the system via a large bellows, illustration, reproduction of a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown, historical

Date

Jun 19, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26H08_361

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

103.6Mb (34.5Mb) / 21.6in x 18.6in / 6474 x 5592 (300dpi)

Keywords

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