Ce boîtier est l'une des toutes premières extensions proposées par Texas Instruments. Grace à ce Speech Synthesizer, l'ordinateur peut  parler!  Une prouesse pour l'époque.

Le vocabulaire résident se compose de 373 mots ou phrases. De nombreuses cartouches de jeux et éducatives l'utilisent. Le Speech Synthesizer sera sûrement l'extension la plus populaire des utilisateurs. Texas Instruments n'hésitant pas à la mettre en avant dans ces publicités.


La trappe située en façade restera inutilisée. Elle devait permettre l'installation de Speech ROM, des modules offrant des mots ou phrases supplémentaires. Une idée qui n'est pas sans rappeler les petits modules de la dictée magique, le célèbre jeu éducatif parlant de la firme texane.

 

 

Le Speech Synthesizer se compose de peu d'éléments:  Un processeur de synthèse vocale LPC TMS5200 (ou CD2501/TMC0285), deux ROM TMS6100 montées en piggy-back et un décodeur d'adresses 74LS138. Les ROM contiennent une bibliothèque de mots et phrases dont voici la liste:
- (NEGATIVE) + (POSITIVE) . (POINT) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A A1 ABOUT AFTER AGAIN ALL AM AN AND ANSWER ANY ARE AS ASSUME AT
B BACK BASE BE BETWEEN BLACK BLUE BOTH BOTTOM BUT BUY BY BYE
C CAN CASSETTE CENTER CHECK CHOICE CLEAR COLOR COME COMES COMMA COMMAND COMPLETE COMPLETED COMPUTER CONNECTED CONSOLE CORRECT COURSE CYAN
D DATA DECIDE DEVICE DID DIFFERENT DISKETTE DO DOES DOING DONE DOUBLE DOWN DRAW DRAWING
E EACH EIGHT EIGHTY ELEVEN ELSE END ENDS ENTER ERROR EXACTLY EYE
F FIFTEEN FIFTY FIGURE FIND FINE FINISH FINISHED FIRST FIT FIVE FOR FORTY FOUR FOURTEEN FOURTH FROM FRONT

G GAMES GET GETTING GIVE GIVES GO GOES GOING GOOD GOOD WORK GOODBYE GOT GRAY GREEN GUESS
H HAD HAND HANDHELD UNIT HAS HAVE HEAD HEAR HELLO HELP HERE HIGHER HIT HOME HOW HUNDRED HURRY
I I WIN IF IN INCH INCHES INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONS IS IT
J JOYSTICK JUST
K KEY KEYBOARD KNOW
L LARGE LARGER LARGEST LAST LEARN LEFT LESS LET LIKE LIKES LINE LOAD LONG LOOK LOOKS LOWER
M MADE MAGENTA MAKE ME MEAN MEMORY MESSAGE MESSAGES MIDDLE MIGHT MODULE MORE MOST MOVE MUST
N NAME NEAR NEED NEGATIVE NEXT NICE TRY NINE NINETY NO NOT NOW NUMBER
O OF OFF OH ON ONE ONLY OR ORDER OTHER OUT OVER
P PART PARTNER PARTS PERIOD PLAY PLAYS PLEASE POINT POSITION POSITIVE PRESS PRINT PRINTER PROBLEM PROBLEMS PROGRAM PUT PUTTING
Q
R RANDOMLY READ (read) READ1 (red) READY TO START RECORDER RED REFER REMEMBER RETURN REWIND RIGHT ROUND
S SAID SAVE SAY SAYS SCREEN SECOND SEE SEES SET SEVEN SEVENTY SHAPE SHAPES SHIFT SHORT SHORTER SHOULD SIDE SIDES SIX SIXTY SMALL SMALLER SMALLEST SO SOME SORRY SPACE SPACES SPELL SQUARE START STEP STOP SUM SUPPOSED SUPPOSED TO SURE
T TAKE TEEN TELL TEN TEXAS INSTRUMENTS THAN THAT THAT IS INCORRECT THAT IS RIGHT THE (the) THE1 THEIR THEN THERE THESE THEY THING THINGS THINK THIRD THIRTEEN THIRTY THIS THREE THREW THROUGH TIME TO TOGETHER TONE TOO TOP TRY TRY AGAIN TURN TWELVE TWENTY TWO TYPE
U UHOH UNDER UNDERSTAND UNTIL UP UPPER USE
V VARY VERY
W WAIT WANT WANTS WAY WE WEIGH WEIGHT WELL WERE WHAT WHAT WAS THAT WHEN WHERE WHICH WHITE WHO WHY WILL WITH WON WORD WORDS WORK WORKING WRITE
X
Y YELLOW YES YET YOU YOU WIN YOUR
Z ZERO

 



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