VoxDB is dedicated to the premise that wherever there is a photograph of a prominent person born since the advent of recording technology, there should also be a simple, accessible way of hearing that person's voice. As we explore this notion, we are gathering voice clips in several categories, both as a means of standardizing and refining our procedures and as a demonstration of what is possible. The following are examples of what we have assembled so far:
Some of the 2008 Nobel laureates
- Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (10 sec)
- Harald zur Hausen (13 sec)
- Harald zur Hausen (9 sec)
- Luc Montagnier (10 sec)
- Toshihide Maskawa (3 sec)
- Toshihide Maskawa (Japanese; 10 sec)
- Toshihide Maskawa (Japanese; 2 sec)
- Yoichiro Nambu (10 sec)
- Yoichiro Nambu (4 sec)
- Makoto Kobayashi (10 sec)
- Makoto Kobayashi (4 sec)
- Martti Ahtisaari (12 sec)
- Martti Ahtisaari (4 sec)
- Paul Krugman (12 sec)
- Paul Krugman (9 sec)
- Paul Krugman (4 sec)
- Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (11 sec)
- Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (3 sec)
- Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (French; 9 sec)
- Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (French; 3 sec)
- Osamu Shimomura (10 sec)
- Osamu Shimomura (5 sec)
- Roger Tsien (11 sec)
- Roger Tsien (5 sec)
- Martin Chalfie (12 sec)
- Martin Chalfie (4 sec)
Physiology or Medicine 2008 - Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, Harald Zur Hausen, and Luc Montagnier
Physics 2008 - Toshihide Maskawa, Yoichiro Nambu, and Makoto Kobayashi