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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
A kind of early typewriter whose typebar falls back into position under gravity after typing each character, with the disadvantage that typed characters are not immediately visible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, often
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Synonyms: blind typewriter
Antonyms: none provided
History
From up- + strike.
