Improve the Robot Voice given Laryngectomy patients, using Music Production Tools?
A typical Electrolarynx used to give voice to Laryngectomy patients. (Google shows models costing $205.99 to $1484.49, most are an electric motor based vibrator, (like most cell phone vibrators.) The woman in this anti-smoking commercial using Electrolarynx. The Trutone adding a simple a pitch shifting button makes a vast difference, 2008 demonstration of the $1485 ? device. One source reports: "Approximately 300,000 people worldwide lose their voices every year due to causes such as laryngeal cancer." }- - - - - - - -{ 3 key components for making a more natural sound. 1) The sound transducer "talk boxes" used by musicians, some use a hose, at least one contacts the throat externally. 2) A tone generator mimicking the vocal chords. 3) A hand-held device to adjust the pitch and tone quality of the generator --- Contact Talk-box Devices that might help produce more realistic sound --- Here's a 3 min. ...