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From: todd@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Ogasawara)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: text-to-speech board
Keywords: voice synthesizer
Message-ID: <2087@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Date: 18 Jul 88 09:37:24 GMT
Organization: University of Hawaii
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I'm looking for a cheap text-to-speech board to plug into an RS-232 serial
port.  The thing doesn't have to be "state of the art."  I just want
something to play around with.  Specifically, I want it to read news
grabbed from X*PRESS aloud to me.

I took a look through BYTE, PC Magazine, various electronics catalogs, and
Computer Shopper.  The only voice-to-text board I could find was in an
advertisement in Computer Shopper from a place called "B.G. Micro" in
Dallas Texas.  The board is $69.95 and the power supply (optional) is
another $19.99.  The prices and board description looks good to me.

My questions are: (1) has anyone dealt with B.G. Micro before.  Any horror
stories?  (2) Has anyone bought the board in their ad?  It is on page 291
of the July 1988 issue of Computer Shopper.

-- 
Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Faculty Development Program
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