One MT reader says "The chip sounds very good with delicious robotic feeling, " and he's planning to build a "computer controlled musical speech synthesizer" around it.

ENGADGET: Music Thing: Singing speech synthesizers

The final raps resolve the musical phrase, just as dropping the voice in speech resolves the spoken phrase.

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Audra McDonald, the star of "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" gave an unvarnished emotional speech in receiving the award for Best Actress in a Musical.

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And everyday of this Democratic Convention week we've been giving you what we've been calling a musical minute and as we look forward to Barack Obama's speech tonight, we thought it apt play a song that's made from an Obama speech entitled "Yes We Can" by will.i.am.

NPR: DNC Music Minute: 'Yes We Can'

Beyond its musical application, the machine represents tantalizing possibilities for research into disorders that affect speech.

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