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 languageEnglish
Article number45000 (2020)
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
JournalScientific Reports
Volume10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jan 2020

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