See where I worked in 1981

[Karl Dahlke <eklhad@comcast.net>]

I've been looking for this off and on for ten years; I found it! 
Nova, season 9, Finding a Voice, aired Feb 7 1982. 
This episode was based on the work done at Michigan State University, 
in the artificial language lab, headed by John Eulenberg. 
I also worked in this same lab, developing the first talking computer 
for the blind. It would become my masters project, and also make me 
employable. Two birds. 
So when you see Dr. Eulenberg, a computer genius who speaks several 
languages, you are also seeing my academic advisor. 
He was a kind man, a brilliant man, a compassionate man, and a big help 
to me. 
I wasn't on the show, and yes, I'm still a bit pieved 40 years later. 
“The film crew was here yesterday.” they told me. 
“What the hell!” I exclaimed. “You mean I could have been on tv?” 
I guess I was in classes that day; remember i was carrying a boat load 
of classes trying to get my degree, while also developing this talking 
computer, so I wasn't in the lab every hour of every day, though 
sometimes it felt that way. 
Anyways, even if you don't see me, you can see where I worked, and the 
work that was being done there. 
The synthesizers that you hear are the same one I used in my talking 
computer for over ten years - until the DoubleTalk came out, which I 
still use today. 
It's a bit surreal for me to watch it again, and hark back to that time. 
I remember how much I admired Dr. Eulenberg, and how much he helped me 
in my work. 
Another take-away from this is the incredible challenges facing some of 
these CP people. 
Their life is almost unimaginable. 
Like, being blind is a walk in the park. 
Here is the show. 
I hope you can find a spare hour to watch it. 
Actually a bit more than an hour with the ads, but maybe you can skip 
past those. 
The show is free to watch so yes there will be ads. 
There are also a lot of subtitles. Nova got away from that in future 
years and now does more narration, but back then it was subtitles, so 
you may have to pause now and then to read. 
That's ironically a bummer for most on this list, including myself; 
Wendy had to watch it with me and pause it to read the subtitles to me. 
Oh well. 
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8mtxk8

Karl Dahlke