I've designed the speakjet into a couple of PIC-based projects. I've found it easy to work with but as you say the speech is rather robotic. I don't know of any chip-based solution which is significantly better offhand. Cheers, Zik On 14/07/06, Anon wrote: > I have a PIC application where I want speech output. > I looked at the Speakjet chip http://www.speakjet.com/, > but from the samples I heard, the speech output sounds way too robotic. > I am looking for something with more natural speech. A text to speech chip would be ideal. Thanks > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist