Speak and Spell

[Chuck Guzis]

On 16 Aug 2008 at 11:43, Al Hartman wrote:

> Back in the early 80's, I remember that something I wanted very badly 
> was a product someone was selling that you could mod a Speak and Spell 
> with, and use it as a voice synthesiser for a computer.
> 
> I know it was out for the TRS-80. But, I don't remember if it worked on 
> other platforms. It must, I would think.
> 
> Anyone else remember this?

Only vaguely--but I don't remember the TRS-80 connection, though that 
might have been the case.  A friend actually bought a S&S to do this 
with, but never got around to modding it.  There was also at least 
one magazine article describing the internals of the thing.

File that one in the same category as using an Etch-a-Sketch as a 
plotter.

I never got over the CompuTalker, myself.

Cheers,
Chuck