[gui-talk] identifying a speech synthesizer

[Dan Weirich]

The Votrax SC02 and SSI 263 chips were the same integrated circuit internally but had different manufacturer markings and part numbers.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pamela Dominguez via gui-talk
Sent: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 1:25 PM
To: Steve Jacobson; Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] identifying a speech synthesizer

I only saw a stand-alone votrex that you hook up to the computer, not a card or board that goes in it like Artic was.  Votrex was the first synthesizer I learned on when I learned wordperfekt 4.2 at the Lighthouse.  Pam.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Jacobson via gui-talk
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 11:46 AM
To: Rasmussen, Lloyd via gui-talk
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] identifying a speech synthesizer

Lloyd,

Didn't some of the old Votrax synthesizers use another chip?  I'm thinking of the old Votrax Personal Speech System which I used for a while in the 1980's.  This reminded me of that synthesizer.  I remember that Votrax did have a board that used the SSI263 chip as well.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 10:17:13 -0400, Rasmussen, Lloyd via gui-talk 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


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