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The sweet sound of synthetic speech
| Alex LeeIan Treherne
After Alex experienced a serious deterioration in his sight, he came to rely on artificial voices to help him with everyday tasks. Find out how synthetic speech came to be developed.
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Navigating in a connected world
| Alex LeeIan Treherne
Alex Lee ponders the promising ideas, stalled projects and pricey gadgets that aim to help visually impaired people get out and about. But it seems that an actual human could be the essential ingredient.
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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
| Anna Faherty
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
| Annabel SowemimoGergo Varga
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.