ATARIeric Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 im reading that the atari 1400XL & the 1450XLD were to come with a voice synthesizer built in "translates text to speech with unlimited vocabulary", can be programmed directly to use phonemes. will the atarivox be able to do that ? im thinking this might be a mod id like to put inside my 130xe and wire it in that way, will it be possible ? and what is phonemes is that like S.A.M. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard H. Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 will the atarivox be able to do that ? im thinking this might be a mod id like to put inside my 130xe and wire it in that way, will it be possible ? TTS (Text To Speech) could be done on the computer (like SAM) or using a microcontroller. The CTS256A-AL2 was just such a microcontroller used with the old SPO256-AL2 speech synth. It contained an algorithm for the automatic real-time translation of English ASCII characters into allophone addresses for the SPO256-AL2 chip. Ken Lemieux (www.speechchips.com) incorporated the same algorithm into his ChipTalk program. He's now working on an embedded version, which will use the extended SpeakJet allophone set. Put this chip between the AtariVox and the console / computer, and it will translate text words into speech in real time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted December 18, 2004 Author Share Posted December 18, 2004 will the atarivox be able to do that ? im thinking this might be a mod id like to put inside my 130xe and wire it in that way, will it be possible ? TTS (Text To Speech) could be done on the computer (like SAM) or using a microcontroller. The CTS256A-AL2 was just such a microcontroller used with the old SPO256-AL2 speech synth. It contained an algorithm for the automatic real-time translation of English ASCII characters into allophone addresses for the SPO256-AL2 chip. Ken Lemieux (www.speechchips.com) incorporated the same algorithm into his ChipTalk program. He's now working on an embedded version, which will use the extended SpeakJet allophone set. Put this chip between the AtariVox and the console / computer, and it will translate text words into speech in real time. fabulous i cant wait for Ken Lemieux's work to be available, guess im gonna haveta wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted December 18, 2004 Author Share Posted December 18, 2004 @ Richard H. was chiptalk a blast with your VecVoice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard H. Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 was chiptalk a blast with your VecVoice Yes, it worked pretty good Of course, the algorithm didn't do a 100% perfect job + the bad clarity of the SPO256-AL2 chip didn't help, but it was understandable speech. Ken's SpeakJet algorithm will be MUCH better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 The CTS256A-AL2 was just such a microcontroller used with the old SPO256-AL2 speech synth. It contained an algorithm for the automatic real-time translation of English ASCII characters into allophone addresses for the SPO256-AL2 chip. BTW: I have both of the above menitioned chips for sale .. NEW .. never used. PM me if interested. Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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