My first CD-ROM drive came with a dictionary.
It included audio pronunciations of all the words.
I picked out a few hundred that sounded impressive, like emesis and mendicant.
Simple .WAV files. Easily copied to my hard drive.
Then, I put them in a WinAMP playlist, and they played one per minute.
The deep tones of the announcer filled my empty living room.
I added a virtual wind chime to clank and ting softly in the background.
One of my friends ran a coffee house. He had me plug my computer into his sound system.
The coffee still tasted awful.