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Revision as of 18:35, 6 January 2010

Overview

The SPO256 is a Speech Synthesizer chip used in many hardware Speech Synthesizers of the 8bit era. The SP0256 contains a Voice Generator, a small microprocessor, and a built-in ROM which contains 16Kbit (2Kbyte) of program code.

A number of different version of the SP0256 exist. The most common is the SP0256-AL2, where -AL2 means that the built-in ROM contains preprogrammed english allophones.

Hardware Speech Synthesizers

Amstrad SSA-1 Speech Synthesizer (SP0256 based)

Dk'tronics Speech Synthesizer (SP0256 based)

TMPI speech synthetizer (MEA8000 based)

Software Speech Synthesizers

With some clever programming it is possible to program a software Speech Synthesizer with good results.

Speech (Symbos software)

Games using Software Speech Synthesizer

Ghostbusters (Software)

LastV8 (Software)

Robocop (Software)

SP0256 on Printer Port (DIY)

Datasheet (English)