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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1985-04-29
Duration: 00:22:37
Subject: African American musicians; Popular music
People: Kurzweil, Raymond; Vaillancourt, Meg; Wonder, Stevie;
Clip Description
Digital Corporation sponsors a demonstration of the evolution of voice technology at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. Stevie Wonder demonstrates the Kurzweil reading machine and DECtalk machine, which allow him to operate a synthesizer. Wonder lays down tracks with the drumbeat, bass and string instruments for the song, "I Just Called To Say I Love You." Wonder sings along to the tracks he has recorded; he changes one of the lines of the song to thank Digital Corporation and Raymond Kurzweiler (inventor of the reading machine). The audience applauds for Wonder. A man presents Wonder with a silver Revere bowl to commemorate his visit to Boston. Meg Vaillancourt reports on Wonder's demonstration of the new technology. Vaillancourt interviews a computer vendor who has displayed his computers at a table. The computer vendor demonstrates the voice capabilities of his computers. Tape 2 of 2.
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
