A Player Piano Recites a German Proclamation
TheMcphearson · Demo · YouTube title: Speaking Piano - Now with (somewhat decent) captions!
Why it's here
HN recommends it as the canonical talking-piano example, uncanny and impressive once you read the captions.
What it covers
A player piano is made to reproduce human speech, here reciting a European Environmental Criminal Court proclamation in German at the 2009 World Venice Forum. This upload adds subtitles so the words become understandable.