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1987: Controlling Machines With Your Voice? | Blue Peter | BBC Archive
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5:14Now Playing"Meet William - the microchip manservant."
Mark Curry demonstrates a Voice Activated Domestic Appliance System machine that can be programmed to control up to 16 different household appliances using voice commands alone. Dubbed William, it is already being touted as a potential life-changing technology for people with physical disabilities.
Clip taken from Blue Peter, originally broadcast on BBC One, 25 June, 1987.
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