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From: sweet@percival.UUCP (Dan Sweet)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.periphs,comp.sys.misc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Looking for a high-quality digital voice synthesiser
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Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 00:57:29 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 30 00:57:29 1987
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In article <2147@pbhyf.UUCP> tlh@pbhyf.UUCP (Lee Hounshell) writes:
>In article <1639@killer.UUCP> jgh@killer.UUCP (Greg Hackney) writes:
>>In article <2138@pbhyf.UUCP>, tlh@pbhyf.UUCP (Lee Hounshell) writes:
>>	>I'm looking for a high-quality digital voice box that can be
>>	>used with any System V Unix machine..  through an RS-232 interface.
>>
>>You might look at Digital Equipment Corporations DecTalk Model DT-01
>>voice synthesizer. We have 3 of them that are used for calling in
>>to get voice mail on System 5 Unix machines. [...]
>
>Greg,
 ..edited..
>    For this application, I need a box that will sound *exactly* like a
>    human voice.. 
>
>Lee Hounshell - ptsfa!pbhyf!tlh 2600 Camino Ramon, #4E700
>		415-823-2432   San Ramon, CA. 94583

Lee,

Give TI a call.  A few years back I rember seeing a demo system they had
at a trade show.  It used an LPC speech system that they built.  The thing 
basically 'played' back pre-recored and digitized speech.  The phrases 
(could be anything, including custom stuff) were digitally recorded,
processed to remove un-needed patterns, and then compressed.  When
played back, you could not tell it from the real thing (because it was!)

OKI semiconductor also had a system that was similar, but I don't know if 
they still are in the speech game.

Yet another source...National Semiconductor also was into speech systems,
although all I ever saw from them was chips, and development systems.

Good luck,

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