31 Jan
2008
31 Jan
'08
9:23 a.m.
On 31/01/2008 16:27, Jim Brain wrote:
On a related topic, someone is offering to trade me
some GI SP0256-AL2
ICs for equipment here. Assuming I can get the DIGITALKER working, I do
remember that it always had issues in that there was a limit to the
vocabulary.
Yes, it uses digitised speech, so you're limited to the words and word
parts that are addressable in the ROMs. There were two standard ROMs in
the kits, and a few others available at one time. I assume there was
information on how to digitise your own, but I've never seen it. It was
quite good quality, though.
The Texas TMS5200NL was a bit more versatile in that it was possible to
provide your own data, but I don't think it was easy. It normally used
special serial ROMs. Better quality; you could actually make it sing.
I always wanted to build a SC-01 or SP0256 phenome-based
system to compare. Does anyone have experience in one
or the other and
can relate whether it's worth it to get an SP0256
The SP0256 sounds very robotic compared to the NS and Texas devices.
The SC-01 is reputedly better (variable pitch, for one thing) but I've
not got much experience of either. I've not used any of the more modern
chips, but there are a few out there.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York