Mona Lisa speaks !

Alexa · 06-02-2006, 02:30 AM

Now, this is an intersting article ! Amazing what science can do nowadays.

Quote:

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- The Mona Lisa's smile may always remain a mystery, but it is now possible to hear what her voice would have sounded like, thanks to a Japanese acoustics expert.

Dr Matsumi Suzuki, who generally uses his skills to help with criminal investigations, measured the face and hands of Leonardo da Vinci's famous 16th century portrait to estimate her height at 168 centimeters (5 feet, 6 inches) and create a model of her skull.

"Once we have that, we can create a voice very similar to that of the person concerned," Suzuki told Reuters in an interview at his Tokyo office last week.

"We have recreated the voices of a lot of famous people that were very close to the real thing and have been used in film dubbing."

Anyone speaks Japonese ? I really need to understand what I'm supposed to do, once I get on that Japonese site.

Phyllis, HELP !

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/05/31/mona.lisa.voice.reut/index.html

Leto · 06-02-2006, 09:38 AM

I saw it, she speaks Italian.

Alexa · 06-06-2006, 01:25 AM

I saw it, too, but I cannot listen. Something about my norton antivirus or internet security.