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From: egul@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Ed Gulczynski - FIS)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: TALKER CHIPS, HELP?
Message-ID: <25150009@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM>
Date: 6 Nov 90 18:32:32 GMT
Organization: HP Logic Systems Division - ColoSpgs, CO
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Does anyone know of an 'off the shelf' CMOS one chip IC that will talk?
I want something cheap with a predefined set of words/numbers that I
can access/concatonate to build a talking clock/timer that is portable
and driven of an uP. My first attempt was with Radio Shack's SPO256 and
although it works it is too much of a power hog and the voice is
not nearly of the quality I hear nowdays.  I know JAMECO has one, the DIGITALKERbut haven't checked it out.  The software to run the device will be 
relatively simple and I want everything to work within 8k.  Any ideas?