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Subject: SID and speech
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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
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				> Larry Russell
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> 


The SID certainly is capable of reproducing recognizable
speech.  A program called SAM not only speaks using
only software and the SID, it can sing!
Another proam exists that will playback digitally
recorded sound using the SID as a DAC.

I will admit that my copy of SAM was given to me,
but it should be available through any user's group.