One thing continued to puzzle some, however. Many do not understand why his computer spoke with an apparent American accent, given he was born in Oxford. The Queen even quizzed him on the matter, telling him: "Have you still got that American voice? Explaining how his speech works, he wrote: "When I have built up a sentence, I can send it to my speech synthesiser. He also explained that he was able to change the accent of his computer when the technology advanced, but he decided against it.
This involved cutting an incision into the windpipe, meaning the little speech he had left would be lost. This device allowed Stephen to press a switch to select phrases, words or letters, and with its help, Stephen could communicate up to 15 words a minute.
The only slight drawback was the fact that the Equalizer only had one accent: American and Stephen was very much British. Gradually, Stephen lost the use of his hands but being ever-determined! Thanks to Richard Branson, in when Stephen was 65 years old, he got to take the trip of a lifetime: heading off to experience zero-gravity. Prof Hawking was able to communicate by composing sentences by selecting one letter at a time on a screen by using his cheek to stop a cursor that automatically scans across a keyboard.
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