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SuperTalk - ADAM Voice Synthesizer

STEVE JACOBY ENTERPRISES · by 1986 · Audio and Speech
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SuperTalk - ADAM Voice Synthesizer
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Catalogue IDHW-0413
ManufacturerSTEVE JACOBY ENTERPRISES
Person or teamSteve Jacoby
Yearby 1986 (approximate)
TypeAudio and Speech (Audio)
Connects viaExternal Expansion Bus
PlatformADAM
StatusReleased
SourceCollectors DB v1.00 Master

Notes

A speech synthesiser for the Coleco ADAM.

What speech hardware did

  • Turned text into audible speech using a dedicated chip, at a time when no machine of this class could do it in software.
  • Sold across the era's computers for accessibility, for education, and for the novelty of a talking computer.

The ADAM had at least three offered for it - Orphanware's Talker, S.M. Video's SmartTALK and this - all catalogued here, and Lundy Electronics sells a modern one today. For an orphaned machine that is a surprising amount of attention to one accessory.