Ebert makes himself heard via computer
By Melissa Merli
Sunday April 29, 2007
CHAMPAIGN – Roger Ebert, whose speaking voice has been disabled due to a tracheostomy, finally spoke to his audience Saturday at his Overlooked Film Festival at the Virginia Theatre.
"Good morning, I'm not HAL 9000 developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana," he said via a voice synthesizer. "I am the computer voice of Roger Ebert. This computer has been programmed to speak my words."
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