> He wants to produce a novelty toy that speaks. say 6 phrases, 2-4 seconds
> each..
>
> I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this. I know that there
> are Chip-On-Board solutions for this kind on thing, any pointers? Any
ideas
> of the costs and order quantities needed?

That's within range of a PIC with PWM output and external EEPROM for storing
directly digitized voice.  A halloween project of mine
(http://www.embedinc.com/pic/hal.htm) stores about 7 seconds of low quality
audio in a 16F876, so a single external EEPROM should be able to handle 12
to 24 seconds.


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Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Littleton Massachusetts
(978) 742-9014, olin@embedinc.com, http://www.embedinc.com

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