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title: "How to Make Your Computer Talk"
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published_at: "2020-04-05T16:22:56+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-05-26T15:08:46+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
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excerpt: "Build a General Instruments SP0256 speech synthesizer. Written for several microcomputers, it includes a chapter on interfacing to the ZX81/TS1000. Author was with Research in Speech Technology (R.I.S.T.), a firm that marketed The Parrot, a speech synthesizer for the ZX81/TS1000."
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authors: "Steven J Veltri"
publisher: "McGraw-Hill"
pages: "256"
date: "1985"
archiveurl: "https://archive.org/details/howtomakeyourcomputertalk"
isbn: "978-0-07-067380-9"
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# How to Make Your Computer Talk

Build a General Instruments SP0256 speech synthesizer. Written for several microcomputers, it includes a chapter on interfacing to the ZX81/TS1000. Author was with [Research in Speech Technology (R.I.S.T.)](http://localhost/company/research-in-speech-technology-r-i-s-t-inc/), a firm that marketed [The Parrot](http://localhost/product/the-parrot/), a speech synthesizer for the ZX81/TS1000.