[gui-talk] identifying a speech synthesizer

[Hoffman, Allen]

Yeah but it didn't change fudge to f**k.


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-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews via gui-talk
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 4:47 PM
To: Rasmussen, Lloyd; Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] identifying a speech synthesizer

votrax was my guess too -- Lloyd.

For you kids, the old Votrax used to sensor what it received, for 
example if you typed s**t it said sugar, and f**k became fudge.

Dave

At 09:17 AM 9/3/2014, you wrote:
>This does not sound like an Echo synthesizer at all.  I expect it is 
>some kind of Votrax synthesizer that predates the SSI263.
>
>Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
>National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
>Library of Congress   202-707-0535
>http://www.loc.gov/nls
>The preceding opinions are my own, and do not necessarily reflect 
>those of the Library of Congress, NLS.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>Mike Arrigo via gui-talk
>Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 9:56 AM
>To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>Subject: [gui-talk] identifying a speech synthesizer
>
>Hey everyone, saw this youtube video of the hro robot from the 1980's.
>I would have loved to have had one of these, I think only 1000 were
>made, and for their time, they did quite a bit. Does anyone know what
>speech chip this is, I'm guessing it was either the echo or the ssi263
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8dUL9qgU1M

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org


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