Stories
- In pictures
The dangers of women’s speech
For centuries, women have been ridiculed and punished for excessive talking, despite the fact that men gossip just as much.
- Article
The sweet sound of synthetic speech
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.
- Article
Aphasia and drawing elephants
When Thomas Parkinson investigated the history of “speech science”, he discovered an unexpected link between empire, elephants and aphasia.
- Book extract
Out of the mouth trap
After 15 years of speech therapy, Jonty Claypole decided to make peace with his stammer. He explores our fear of disfluency, revealing how accepting it could actually increase our creativity and persuasiveness.
Events
- Gallery tour
Speech-to-Text tour of Teeth
Gallery 2
Past
Part of Access Tours and Discussions
- Speech-to-text
- Gallery tour
STT Tour of Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian Medicine
Online
Past
- Speech-to-text
- Gallery tour
STT Tour of Living with Buildings
Information Point
Past
Part of Access Tours and Discussions
- Speech-to-text