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From: jko@jdyx.UUCP (Jonathan O'Neal)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: SP0256/CTS256A Exception ROM docs WANTED
Message-ID: <1990Nov11.031316.5413@jdyx.UUCP>
Date: 11 Nov 90 03:13:16 GMT
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Organization: JDyx Enterprises (Atlanta GA)
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gja@vta.atl.ga.us (Greg Ansley) writes:

>I'm looking for documentation on the exception ROM (and user ROM) for
>the SP0256/CTS256A text to speech chip set. The exception ROM is used
>to give pronunciation information for words that CTS256A mispronounces.

>The sparse documentation I have implies some kind of magic signature at
>the beginning of the ROM as well as information about the ROMS length
>and the the length of any optional RAM.

>Any help or more complete documentation would be appreciated.

>Greg Ansley
>gja@vta.atl.ga.us
>..!gatech!vta!gja

   Me too!  The chips were easy enough to work with, but the speech leaves a
lot to be desired.  A little tweaking is in order.  If anyone has these docs,
please forward them to me as well (jko@jdyx.atlanta.ga.us) or post here.
Thanks in advance.

   -jko