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Voice synthetizer on Apple II
Posted by: bibilit on 2022-03-27 03:59:15
Among the cards in my collection, i have a french card known as « Porte Parole »
Never had a try before, yesterday while having a complete setup, plugged the card and speaker.
The software is able to translate any keyboard input to a spoken output.
The result is pretty good for the era.
Posted by: LaPorta on 2022-03-27 06:41:48
That's pretty cool! Wish it had an English version (does it?).
Posted by: bibilit on 2022-03-27 08:04:02
You can enter phonetic sentences, so in a way yes… but not really what you will expect.
probably the same kind of card was available elsewhere.
Posted by: stepleton on 2022-03-27 09:36:14
I used to have such a card many years ago. I think it used the same chip that was in a Speak & Spell. It came with some programming utilities that let your BASIC program talk, provided you stuck with a fairly limited (English) vocabulary.
Posted by: bibilit on 2022-03-27 11:00:12
This card is using a MEA8000.
Posted by: bibilit on 2022-03-27 11:01:22
This card is using a MEA8000
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