{"id":379943,"date":"2010-03-02T11:35:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T16:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/roger-ebert-speaks-for-the-first-time-audio"},"modified":"2010-03-02T11:35:35","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T16:35:35","slug":"roger-ebert-speaks-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/379943","title":{"rendered":"Roger Ebert speaks for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21733\" title=\"roger-ebert\" src=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/roger-ebert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"243\" \/>CHICAGO (WBBM\/AP) &#8212; For the first time in four years, Chicago film critic Roger Ebert spoke publicly today.<\/p>\n<p>WBBM&#8217;s Regine Schlesinger reports that on today&#8217;s Oprah show, the renowned writer unveiled his new computer-synthesized voice which resembles his own.<\/p>\n<p>Since cancer surgery in 2006, Ebert&#8217;s been unable to speak, eat or drink.  He now communicates by typing his words into a computer and a synthesized voice then speaks them. <span id=\"more-21728\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbbm780.com\/topic\/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&amp;audioId=4438414\" rel='nofollow'><strong>AUDIO: Listen To Him Speak &#8211; CLICK\u00a0HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, he&#8217;s working with a company in Scotland that sifted through hours and hours of his voice recordings to come up with a voice that sounds like his. He unveiled it on Oprah.<\/p>\n<p>Ebert&#8217;s wife Chaz, cried as she heard his voice again for the first time in four years. Ebert says when he was in first grade, he was told that he talks too much. Now, he says, he can again.<\/p>\n<p>Ebert also made his Oscar predictions.<\/p>\n<p>Ebert&#8217;s Oscar picks include Sandra Bullock for best actress, Jeff Bridges for best actor, &#8220;The Hurt Locker&#8221; for best movie and its director Kathryn Bigelow for best director.<\/p>\n<p>Ebert says he can&#8217;t remember a year when it seemed easier to predict the Oscars but admits &#8220;those may be famous last words.&#8217;<a name=\"FFFFF\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regine Schlesinger Reporting<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from <a title=\"Roger Ebert Speaks For The First Time AUDIO\" href=\"http:\/\/wbbm780.com\/content_page.php?contentType=4&amp;contentId=5672552\"  rel='nofollow'>WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed via <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\" rel='nofollow'>Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/waup7NnCy_1cjf9_NA80uGiOOCE\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/waup7NnCy_1cjf9_NA80uGiOOCE\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/waup7NnCy_1cjf9_NA80uGiOOCE\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/waup7NnCy_1cjf9_NA80uGiOOCE\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=xwElosDkrqc:Y9b1N3oOPqM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=xwElosDkrqc:Y9b1N3oOPqM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=xwElosDkrqc:Y9b1N3oOPqM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=xwElosDkrqc:Y9b1N3oOPqM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/xwElosDkrqc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (WBBM\/AP) &#8212; For the first time in four years, Chicago film critic Roger Ebert spoke publicly today. 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