Happy MLK Day, Speech Heads! It’s going to be a big week for America for sure. We’re all a titter in the office about it—that and our deadlines.

As our editor once said, “Speech waits for no man, woman, or child”—or in this case history.

Here in New York, it’s that busy time of the when we’re all running around like chickens with our heads cut off, trying to bring you the finest March print edition of Speech Technology the world has ever seen. As you might expect, the blog may suffer some lapses in our usual rigorous daily posting, but fear no speech starvation in these lean times, Dear Readers.

Today’s blog post brings you an open-source software solution that will help you get in touch with your unconscious Speech Id for weeks to come: Portable Virtual Hypnotist, Version 5.6.700.

This fully customizable solution simulates a hypnosis session, complete with subliminal messages, video, audio, and SPEECH SYNTHESIS and SPEECH RECOGNITION!

Sweet Svengali! The thing is so speech enabled that it’s practically a sentient being. Incredible.

My brother Adam B. has already used it to recover a number of traumatic repressed childhood memories of interactions with terrible IVR systems. For my part, I learned that, despite years of denial, I was always in love with the girl next door for the way she synthesized speech naturally.

Uncover your own deep rooted secrets with your own copy of Virtual Hypnotist, downloadable here or here.