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- From: robertk@taoami.lerctr.org (Robert Kesterson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Apple has patent on female synthesized voice?
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- References: <Robert_Cooper.02pe@naraltd.UUCP> <1992Jul16.210332.1334@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>
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- Date: 22 Jul 92 19:09:52 CDT
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- In article <1992Jul16.210332.1334@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com> jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999) writes:
- > In article <Robert_Cooper.02pe@naraltd.UUCP> Robert_Cooper@naraltd.UUCP (Robert Cooper) writes:
- >
- > > JS> That voice belongs to none other than the wife of the late Mr. Gene
- > > JS> Roddenberry. She also plays Troi's mother, and in the old series,
- > > JS> she was
- > > JS> Captain Pike's First Officer.
- > >
- > >Sorry, but Troi's mom wasn't the first officer to Pike but rather Bones'
- > >nurse..
- >
- > You're both right... Majel Barret played "Number One" in the pilot episode of
- > ST, went on to play Nurse Chapel in ST the series, went on to feature in just
- > about anything Gene wrote or had a hand in, and ended up as Troi's mother in
- > STTNG. Now THAT's a little trivia :)
- >
- > --
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- She is also the voice of the Enterprise's computer on STTNG.
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