RECORDED SPEECH
A SOUND-GRAPH WHICH CAN BE READ
A TEST OF SOBRIETY.
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LONDON, 23rd December.
Dq unkards will be convicted oat o£ iheir' own mouths, if the Courts teccpt the cS saovery of Mr. J.: W. Jeaffreson, profe* 3or at University College, London, t| "at speech .can be written ci.curately 1> V movements of the jaw. The professi'l!" says that he has invented aa instrunu nt for giving an identical graph fa r sound nnd jaw movement,wiich as, o recorded on photographic film from whiiih' .the actual spoken words can be r.ead. .If the test wera applied to a diviaken man it would definitely « stablish whether hi* speech were affect* ft, says Mr. JeaHreson.
Dip's in th» s graph representing voweb would bo irn "gnlar and crests representing consonani is would be binned, "h* Magistrate n« '-ed not Tely «m the poliee-maji-'s word. The accused would Ist* written his (fwn unmistakable eosfw* sion by merely talking.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 152, 24 December 1926, Page 7
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167RECORDED SPEECH Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 152, 24 December 1926, Page 7
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