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The Speaker is a software speech synthesizer for the Amstrad. It was published as a BASIC listing in French Magazine CPC Infos by Xavier Grossetete in 1991. This was based on a port of the Spectrum Speech program by Superior Software, published in 1986. The Speaker was then retyped by [https://norecess464.weebly.com/news/the-speaker-an-impressive-text-to-speech-program-for-the-amstrad-cpc NoRecess] in 2011 and distributed as a DSK file called -SAY.dsk.

It was originally written by [[Dave Hoskins|https://rk.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/doc/Speech.html]] for the BBC microcomputer. Dave Hoskins describes how he developed the original program. This was then published as "Speech!" for the Amstrad and Spectrum computers by Superior Software in 1986. It was then republished under the name "The Speaker" in a BASIC listing in French Magazine [https://cpcrulez.fr/applications_music-the_speaker__CNFO.htm CPC Infos] by Xavier Grossetete in 1991. This listing was retyped by [https://norecess464.weebly.com/news/the-speaker-an-impressive-text-to-speech-program-for-the-amstrad-cpc NoRecess] in 2011 and distributed as a DSK file called -SAY.dsk. This original code has been disassembled by [[CPSoft]] and has been converted into a ROM extension format.The Z80 assembly source code will is also be available to download.