At 10:29 AM 11/5/96 +0100, you wrote:
>On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Safrit, John wrote:
>
>>      Hi all,
>>         I'm working on a project that needs to announce numeric digits.
>>      I've seen the "talking calculators" at Radio Shack and wonder if there
>>      is a chip available that does exactly what I need.  I know there are
>>      "voice recording" chips, but all I need are digits, so I think there
>>      may be a cheaper and easier solution.  If you know of a source, please
>>      let me know.
>>
>>                                                         John Safrit
>>                                                         Test Engineer
>>

Toshiba makes (or made) a device called the TC8801.  It is a masked
programmed voice synthesizer.  There was a standard mask set version
(TC8801-001) which was designed for answering machines and has most numbers
and phonems  to make up numbers already programmed.

>Hi at all.
>Excuseme for my english .
>I have a "Talking Calculator" and when I opened it , I see inside not a
>real IC , like you can buy but a circuit  directly integrated on the pcb
>that contain all function , memory, CPU, power state , etc. so I think
>that' s not very simple to find a dedicate IC for what you want do to .
>However i remember i saw on a electronic magazine a speech IC that just
>contain  fonetic symbol digitalization , so you can select series of this
>fonetic digitalization to compose what you want that IC says.
>I don't remember esactly the name of chip now , i think "SPC-XXXXX" but
>i'm not sure , but if i will find the magazine i send you the correct
>name  .
>
>        bye ...FRANCESCO LO CONTE
>              s191448@studenti.ing.unipi.it
>
>
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Richard Katezansky
Tangent Electronics Ltd.
Montreal, Canada
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