[cctalk] Re: Does anyone know of anyone who may want to help out blind vintage computing enthusiasts

Epson still makes a DECTalk chip, basically DECTalk code on an Epson MCU with a serial interface: S1V30120.

https://www.mikroe.com/text-to-speech-click I really hope someone ports DECTalk to an STM32 with a DAC...

On Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 10:56 AM Chris Elmquist via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: > On Monday (09/15/2025 at 03:24PM +0000), Frank Ventura via cctalk wrote: > > Ah nothing sounds like DECTalk like DECTalk 😉 That is a good idea. I am > not versed in Linux development so I have no idea what is involved with > using that. I would assume it would need at least one more component to be > developed to accpt the serial port input, respond to the control characters > and pass the input to that DECTalk code. > > I tried to reply to this but for some reason my reply was rejected by > the moderator. > > The moderator gave the following reason for rejecting your request: > > "[No reason given]" > > Anyway, I hoped to suggest that maybe Joe Grand could be convinced to > produce his EMIC2 speech synthesizer module again as it is a fully > DECTALK compatible module with serial interface. If you need USB, > you'd just frontend it with a USB to serial adapter, > > https://grandideastudio.com/portfolio/do-it-yourself/emic-2-text-to-speech/ > > They used to be sold by SparkFun but they stopped producing them in 2023. > > Chris