[67547] in Cypherpunks
Re: Voice Stress Analysis of Debates?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adamsc)
Mon Oct 7 17:11:50 1996
From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
To: "jim bell" <jimbell@pacifier.com>, "Steve Schear" <azur@netcom.com>
Cc: "cypherpunks@toad.com" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 96 20:44:50 -0700
Reply-To: "Chris Adams" <adamsc@io-online.com>
On Sun, 06 Oct 1996 15:28:40 -0800, jim bell wrote:
>>BTW, did anyone notice that some of the evening news anchors are imaged via
>>a camera/DSP to render as more youthful (e.g., removing facial wrinkles)?
>Really? Where'd you hear this? I suppose it's not beyond the realm of
>possibility, but that would be rather sophisticated programming,
>particularly in real-time.
One of the big anchors admitted it. However it was only possible in the
studio. Might have even been a contrast-lowering gadget.
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