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From: kenmoore@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: creating a robotic-sounding voice
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Date: 12 Dec 89 05:17:10 GMT
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In article <IZUeQ7W00WB5I34JB9@andrew.cmu.edu> kg19+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kurt A. Geisel) writes:
==>"robot voice" as we know it from science fiction.  Unfortunately, as
==>you may have guessed, the circuit isn't cheap or simple.  
==>
==>- Kurt
==>Kurt Geisel                       SNAIL :
==>Carnegie Mellon University            65 Lambeth Dr.


Hmmm. My son had a "Masters of the Universe" (He man) Castle Greyskull
and it had a voice disguiser built in. The castle and voice disguiser
cost less than $60.00. I would guess that the mark up had to be
at least 50% so the electronics had to be less than $30.00 in bulk.