Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucla-cs!oahu!chao From: chao@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Chia-Chi Chao) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Need info on voice synthesizers Message-ID: <39563@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 1 Oct 90 19:44:16 GMT References: <30133@netnews.upenn.edu> <90273.235447TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET> Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 13 In article <90273.235447TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET> TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET (Thomas Dwyer III) writes: >Well, if anyone is looking to add speech to the PC, there is a product >available from Heathkit which sells for (I think) about $90. This is >a card which takes up a slot in the machine, and from looking at the >picture of the catalog, it has two RCA plugs on the back. The ad says >you can use their software to make real words, or program the allophones >yourself. Why there are *two* RCA plugs, I have no idea. I suppose you One is amplified to drive a speaker directly. The other one is for hooking up to your own amplifier. -- Chia-Chi Chao chao@cs.ucla.edu ..!ucbvax!cs.ucla.edu!chao