6.7) What voice/speech synthesis hardware is there for the Atari?

Type 'n Talk (TNT) by Votrax (see CreativeComputing9/81p148-151) - RS-232-C device with available cable for Atari 850 - Output: Includes mini-phone jack for 8-ohm speaker (not included) - Votrax SC-01-A Speech Synthesizer chip - Programmer controls unit using regular Atari 850 R: device handler Echo GP by Street Electronics Corp. (SEC), 1982 - RS-232-C device with available cable for Atari 850 - Output: Built-in speaker, or optional external speaker - Texas Instruments TMS 5200 or TMS 5220 Voice Synthesis Processor (VSP) chip - Programmer controls unit using regular Atari 850 R: device handler ITalkII by RealTime Electronics, 1982 - Marketed by Greenbrier Marketing International - Connects to Atari 400/800 joystick ports 3+4 - Output: Routed via SIO to normal Atari Sound Output; also provides auxiliary output jack (phono jack) for optional external speaker - SIO port for daisy chain - SIO Audio Input signal is combined with the device's sound output - Votrax SC-01-A Speech Synthesizer chip - Draws its power from the Atari joystick ports - Software: Machine Language Driver, Word Editor, Sentence Builder, Dictionary, Word Blaster Voice Box by The Alien Group, 1982 - Built-in SIO cable - must end SIO daisy chain - Output: Routed via SIO to normal Atari Sound Output - Votrax SC-01-A Speech Synthesizer chip - Draws its power from the Atari - Cassette or Disk includes Random Sentence Generator and Talking Face Voice-Box II by The Alien Group, 1983 - Built-in SIO cable - must end SIO daisy chain - Output: Routed via SIO to normal Atari Sound Output - Votrax SC-01-A Speech Synthesizer chip - Draws its power from the Atari - Disks include 5 games: Concentration, Stud Poker, Spelling, Acey Deucey, Green Goblins Cheap-Talk: Build Your Own Speech Synthesizer project - By Lee Brilliant, M.D., ANALOG #29, April 1985, pages 59-67 - Connects to joystick ports 1+2, or ports 3+4 (400/800) - Output: external speaker, or connects to SIO for output via normal Atari Sound Output - General Instrument SP0256-AL2 speech synthesizer chip - Draws its power from the Atari Atari Speaks project, by Kevin Griffin, Page 6 #19 Jan/Feb86 - Connects to joystick ports 1+2, or ports 3+4 (400/800) - Output: Built-in speaker - General Instrument SP0256-AL2 speech synthesizer chip - Draws its power from the Atari Talking Typewriter project, by Bill Marquardt, ANTIC Jan87 - Connects to joystick ports 1+2 - Output: external speaker, or connects to SIO for output via normal Atari Sound Output - General Instrument SP0256-AL2 speech synthesizer chip - Draws its power from the Atari