Description: "In this elegant book, Liz W. Faber plays intellectual alchemist, swirling methodologies to unearth the roots of our sociological interactions with digital technologies via the auditory, and not merely the visual domain. The Computer's Voice furthers our belated attention to the soundtrack, both of our media texts but also our lived experience, by deftly deploying feminist theories of (dis)embodiment."--Walter Metz, Southern Illinois University "Liz W. Faber has written a highly accessible and fascinating history of talking computers, from evil sci-fi mainframes to the smartphones we keep in our pockets. This deep dive into computing, vocalization, and gender explains how the digitized voices we often take for granted have a hidden history and politics all their own."--Mar Hicks, author of Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing " The Computer's Voice is an ambitious theoretical project, but also a well-argued and informative interdisciplinary study of the intersections between popular culture, gender, and computer history."-- Ancillary Review "Faber's grasp of computer vocalizing as an instrument not only of humanizing technology but also of 'genderizing' discourse allows her to consider myriad aspects of sentient 'computer life.'"-- CHOICE " The Computer's Voice is an exquisite book, informative and inspiring."-- Neural " The Computer's Voice is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of gender studies, media analysis, cultural sound studies, and science fiction, offering a comprehensive and illuminating journey through the history and cultural significance of these enigmatic voices."-- H-Net Reviews

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