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Ring-a-king idea wins tech prize

Tourists may soon be able to call up a virtual Macbeth on their mobiles to get the true history behind William Shakespeare's tragic Scottish king.
The idea has won Seabridge Consultants in Forres, Moray, a £40,000 share of a £120,000 technology prize.

The company intend to use the money to develop a system where people will hear an actor's voice or receive a text telling the story of the real Macbeth.

He became king in the 11th Century after killing Duncan I in battle.

Cameron Taylor said many people did not know the real Scottish history behind Shakespeare's iconic fictional Macbeth.
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