July 1, 2003
Mona Lisa and Santa Claus voice ringtones
According to the Hindustantimes, cellphone ringing in tune to a hit song is plain boring in wireless-loving Japan, and forget the regular buzz: trendsetters here are showing off ringtones that copy the voice of Mona Lisa or a roar of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"The technology, which is similar to what's used by criminologists to figure out voices based on skull shapes, is just one of the just-for-fun mobile-content offerings from Index Corp. The Tokyo-based startup has grown over the eight years since its founding into one of Japan's most successful companies at a time when the country is long stuck in the doldrums.
In coming up with Santa Claus' voice for the ringtones, it worked off a portrait in Finland and used voice-montage technology from a Tokyo lab. The painting by Leonardo da Vinci is behind Mona Lisa's voice".
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