Sarah A. Bell

Sarah A. Bell

Sarah A. Bell is a writer and professor who studies the impacts of information technologies on society. She is the author of “Vox ex Machina: A Cultural History of Talking Machines." 

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A person seated in a wheelchair uses a communication device with a Stephen Hawking-like voice, blurred flowers gently framing the scene in the foreground.
Neuropsych
Stephen Hawking’s eternal voice
Hawking’s refusal to upgrade his communication system preserved a voice that became iconic, not just for its sound, but for the profound identity it conveyed.
Sarah A. Bell
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