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Radio was one of the only possible ways to communicate, but it was insecure. Homer Dudley, inventor at Bell LabsĪnd on top of all that, Dudley’s inventions helped win a war.Ī few years after the Voder’s debut at the World’s Fair, Japan launched an attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and the United States entered World War Two. This conflict spanned the globe and created huge challenges in coordinating worldwide war efforts. Their influence can be seen in the realm of digital media, but also in the workings of the internet more fundamentally. The Voder was a novelty off-shoot connected to Dudley’s broader research, but it’s closely connected to a number of Bell Labs inventions that continue to shape our world today. During the 1920s and 1930s, Bell Labs was doing all kinds of research into the human voice, exploring how to synthesize, digitize, and compress speech for long-distance transmission. The Voder was invented by an engineer and speech scientist named Homer Dudley, who worked at Bell Labs, a research facility owned by AT&T. The Voderette played them in a complex sequence, synthesizing speech in real-time. The entire production was done live, with the keys and pedals of the Voder imitating the effects of the human vocal tract and producing the most basic building blocks of speech. Voderettes would train for up to a year to make the Voder actually talk (or even sing). Operating the machine required incredible precision and skill. Down below, the Voderette could access two pedals: one controlled pitch and the other controlled whether the sound would be muffled or crisp. Each of the keys on the keyboard controlled a particular frequency band. The film has been nominated for the Annie Awards for Best Animated Feature and Directing in an Animated Feature Production.The Voder was an intricate machine. Winner of the Grand Prize at Monstra Lisbon Animated film Festival 2009.Winner of Anima Brussels BeTV best feature Award 2009.Winner of EXXONMOBIL best female director Award at FICCO 2009.Winner of the Audience Award for best feature at FICCO 2009.$9.99 took $47,300 at the box office in Australia. The site's critical consensus states, "Its storyline isn't as wondrous as its visuals, but $9.99 has a sophistication and handmade charm that sets it apart from the animated pack." Metacritic gave the film 68/100 based on 15 critics giving it generally favorable reviews.

As of February 2019, it holds a "Fresh" score of 73% on the film review website Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 6.5 out of 10, according with 55 reviews.

Upon release, the film earned mostly positive reviews. The film was then released in Los Angeles and New York on 19 June 2009 and then in Australia on 17 September 2009. $9.99 premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 4 September 2008.

The film mainly focuses on Dave Peck, who is unemployed but prefers the search for the meaning of life to the search for gainful employment. It features a voice cast of Geoffrey Rush, Samuel Johnson, Anthony LaPaglia, Joel Edgerton, Ben Mendelsohn, and Claudia Karvan. The film marks the third collaboration between Rosenthal and Keret. $9.99 is a 2008 Australian stop-motion adult animated drama film written and directed by Tatia Rosenthal, with the screenplay by Etgar Keret.