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From: ma175xby@sdcc3.UUCP ({|stu)
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Subject: Re: How good is speech synth. on C64?
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Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 04:50:03 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  5 04:50:03 1984
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> I would not think that the SID chip has sufficient filtering capability
> to synthesize recognizable speech.
> There is, however, a speech synthesis board available (at Toys 'R' Us
> among other places) which I have not actually heard myself
> -- 
> 
> 				Larry Russell
> 				AT&T-Bell Laboratories
> 				Naperville, IL
> 				ihnp4!ihuxu!russell


     I've heard quite understandable speech on the c-64 without any additional
hardware though I do not remember the name of the package.  I have the 
Magic Voice module put out by commodore and it sounds quite nice.  It
features a female voice.  Some drawbacks are that it has a limited
vocabulary of about 200 words and the mystery of programming more
words has yet to be discovered.
 
                                Matt Buse
				UCSD