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From: john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.lsi
Subject: Re: Question about speech Synthesisor
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Date: 25 Apr 88 18:46:08 GMT
References: <732@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> <3862@cbterra.ATT.COM> <3265@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Reply-To: john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore)
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Summary: The chip is from General Instruments (SP0256-AL2)

For all who are wondering about the radio shack chip,
it is produced by the folks who used to be General Instrument Semiconductors
(and have recently done an LBO and changed the name to Microchip Technologies).
Check with them (Chandler, Arizona - 602-963-7373) or a rep. The chip is an
SP0256-AL2 and they do have specs available (although the writing is
not very good). I have used this chip in one product and am not very
happy with it - the speech quality is poor making it hard to distinguish
certain words (ONE vs DONE, for example). However, it is widely available
and easy to interface. I have not used the text-to-speech micro that they
sell as a companion to it.
-- 
John Moore (NJ7E)   hao!noao!mcdsun!nud!anasaz!john
(602) 870-3330 (day or evening)
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