Not quite the same thing, but, thanks to this list, I used an
ISD4004-08 in a product that's now starting to sell (my first consumer
product, after years and years of industrial products). Go to
http://www.independentliving.com/ , select PRODUCTS, then select BRAILLE
PRODUCTS (under Braille), then scroll down to BrailleMaster.  (Due to the
website using frames, I could not give a direct URL).

Harold

On Sat, 4 Aug 2001 11:26:25 -0400 Olin Lathrop
<olin_piclist@EMBEDINC.COM> writes:
> > 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.
>
>
> ********************************************************************
> Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Littleton Massachusetts
> (978) 742-9014, olin@embedinc.com, http://www.embedinc.com
>
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