KVR Audio

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:15 pm

beware, 9 megs, no #7, ~100 samples.. most words, some glitches. there's a couple of big junk glitch files in there that will piss you off if you have a hard time with the dialup d/l, consider yourself warned. i did take the big one out tho.

http://www.xoxos.net/speak&spell.zip

and always remember - anyone who criticises you hates you implicitly so you must think they are bad.

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:18 pm

THANKS

If they are anygood/usefull, mind if i make some kits? (re-distribute as free Orion presets)

always best to ask i think

pough · Post by **pough** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:22 pm

Thank you!

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:27 pm

Actually, f**k it, they can make their own, i'll just post a link to here

anymore coming, these are good

lex_strooder · Post by **lex_strooder** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:35 pm

YES, soooo f**king cool

Thanks xoxos

/ Lex

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:49 pm

Very cool.

I tried and tried to track down the voice synthesizer module for the Texas Instruments 99/4A home computer. I believe it used the same voice synth chip that was in the Speak & Spell but you could simply type in words and phrases for it to pronounce. At this point I'd even be happy with a software emulation of it.

Now I can get to work on some Computer World-esque tunes.

impulse one · Post by **impulse one** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:08 pm

thanks for the samples

cold c · Post by **cold c** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:14 pm

LBN wrote:I tried and tried to track down the voice synthesizer module for the Texas Instruments 99/4A home computer. I believe it used the same voice synth chip that was in the Speak & Spell but you could simply type in words and phrases for it to pronounce. At this point I'd even be happy with a software emulation of it.

There is a software emulation of it here
http://www.99er.net/win994a.shtml
not all sound cards are supported but it's worth a try.

pHz · Post by **pHz** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:19 pm

thanks rurik ...

... im sure theyll find a mashed-up use somewhere

slainte

rob

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:21 pm

cold c wrote:There is a software emulation of it here
http://www.99er.net/win994a.shtml
not all sound cards are supported but it's worth a try.

Sweet! I'll have to check this out. Thanks.

lex_strooder · Post by **lex_strooder** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:27 pm

LBN wrote:Very cool.

I tried and tried to track down the voice synthesizer module for the Texas Instruments 99/4A home computer. I believe it used the same voice synth chip that was in the Speak & Spell but you could simply type in words and phrases for it to pronounce. At this point I'd even be happy with a software emulation of it.

Now I can get to work on some Computer World-esque tunes.

I got this on a forum about the emulator.

"Unfortunately, the speech option is grayed out for everyone. At one time, I had speech working with Microsoft's speech engine. However, the whole process was very error prone and not worth the time to make it work on all machines."

/ Lex

cold c · Post by **cold c** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:26 pm

lex_strooder wrote: I got this on a forum about the emulator.

"Unfortunately, the speech option is grayed out for everyone. At one time, I had speech working with Microsoft's speech engine. However, the whole process was very error prone and not worth the time to make it work on all machines."

Ah, I thought it was just being fussy about my audio card drivers.

I had a ti99 but I don't think I ever had the speech synthesizer module. Does anyone know if they are rare/expensive now?

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:53 pm

i managed to find a ss cartridge for my coco on the net for $20.. big enthusiasts community, there were several others similarly priced. worth a look.

coco as used in http://www.xoxos.net/robot motherfuckers.mp3 (berlitz talking translator on backups)

hows about putting a bunch of tracks using these samples in a thread? if you d/l the samples do one.

lung · Post by **lung** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:16 pm

thanks xoxos! It's great to have access to some Speak & Spell samples to chop. cheers!

jack [psychicmodulation] · Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:34 pm

Thanks xoxos, these are great

My favorite is the 'ree' sample, cracks me up

speak & spell samples