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

David Howard; John Schofield; Jo Fletcher; Katherine Baxter; Gareth Iball; Stephen Buckley

doi:10.1038/s41598-019-56316-y

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

David Howard
, John Schofield
, Jo Fletcher
, Katherine Baxter
, Gareth Iball
, Stephen Buckley

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	45000 (2020)
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56316-y
Publication status	Published - 23 Jan 2020

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