Interesting article about synthetic voices ...
Could I Get That Song in Elvis, Please?: "Michael Stipe of R.E.M. heard a Vocaloid version of 'Amazing Grace' online, and he said he was impressed. (The Yamaha Corporation includes samples with a recent press release at www.global.yamaha.com/news/20030304b.html.) But he wasn't prepared to rush out and have a font created. 'I would hate to think that 250 years from now Altria would use the Michael Stipe voice to sell organic soy to a Mars landing,' he said. 'It's intriguing in 2003. I'm not sure about 2303.'"