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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Any medium that is rich in sensory data (e.g. high-definition film) and thus requires relatively little involvement by the viewer, reader, etc. in order to be consumed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: cool medium
History
Coined by Marshall McLuhan, based on French anthropologist Lévi-Strauss' distinction between hot and cold societies.
