Comments on: The TRS-80 Voice Synthesizer http://www.trs-80.org/trs-80-voice-synthesizer/ TRS-80.org is a source for information about the Radio Shack TRS-80 line of computers, hardware, and software, with articles, interviews, and more! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:40:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jonas http://www.trs-80.org/trs-80-voice-synthesizer/comment-page-1/#comment-39469 Jonas Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:50:24 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/trs-80-voice-synthesizer/#comment-39469 This stuff is cool for the blind and low-vision. But there is not any hardware such as this for newer computer systems. There is not any sound in “BIOS” so many disabled computer user have no access to the BIOS for configuring their hardware. And installing operating systems is impossible due to no audio. This stuff is cool for the blind and low-vision.
But there is not any hardware such as this for newer computer systems.
There is not any sound in “BIOS” so many disabled computer user have no access to the BIOS for configuring their hardware.
And installing operating systems is impossible due to no audio.

]]> By: Crabby Night Owl http://www.trs-80.org/trs-80-voice-synthesizer/comment-page-1/#comment-35074 Crabby Night Owl Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:51:56 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/trs-80-voice-synthesizer/#comment-35074 "Hello. This is the TRS-80 voice synthesizer demonstration. I can be programmed to speak any word by using phonemes. For example, the phonemes in the word compute are..." Ah, sweet memories of the old days. The synthesizer sounded like an Asian guy with a head cold, but it was still soooo cool. I never added speech to my own programs, but I did add to a few games, including Lance Micklus' "Trek III.4." “Hello. This is the TRS-80 voice synthesizer demonstration. I can be programmed to speak any word by using phonemes. For example, the phonemes in the word compute are…” Ah, sweet memories of the old days. The synthesizer sounded like an Asian guy with a head cold, but it was still soooo cool. I never added speech to my own programs, but I did add to a few games, including Lance Micklus’ “Trek III.4.”

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