Notes
When Rich G DiRocco reached out needing help sourcing parts to recreate a kit for an ADAM speech synthesizer kit he built in his childhood, I happily helped. I took it a step further and went ahead and created a PCB and modified the design to make it even better.
This is the Chatterbox Remake based on the original design by AAL Computing by M. Walters back from 1985. This was a joint project between myself and Rich DiRocco.
The Chatterbox Remake originally had just an external speaker and I modified it to be selectable between amplified external speaker or internal audio by way of the same method as the SGM without needed amplification. Other than that, I had to tweak and add a few parts to the design. I also designed a 3D printed case to safely house the unit.
I realize the external speaker method will not be used much, if at all. It was done for complete nostalgia reasons and Rich can now experience the same effect as he did back in the day.
The Chatterbox Remake will not be a product offered by Lundy Electronics and was just a fun project for myself and Rich. Eric Pearson also recently released his version of a speech synthesizer and is a simplified approach with less components and no external audio and is a better fit for the masses.
