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Add SpeakerROM.rom to a ROM bank on your Amstrad emulator. | Add SpeakerROM.rom to a ROM bank on your Amstrad emulator. | ||
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|RIGHT - Output speech using channel C | |RIGHT - Output speech using channel C | ||
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* Functions to screen read text should be developed. | * Functions to screen read text should be developed. | ||
* Investigate if there is a way of outputting speech without disabling interrupts. | * Investigate if there is a way of outputting speech without disabling interrupts. | ||
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* [[Media:SpeakerROM.zip|Speaker ROM]] - The Speaker Speech Synthesizer in ROM format | * [[Media:SpeakerROM.zip|Speaker ROM]] - The Speaker Speech Synthesizer in ROM format | ||
Revision as of 11:34, 22 April 2026
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The Speaker
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 NoRecess in 2011 and distributed as a DSK file called -SAY.dsk.
The original code has been disassembled by CPSoft and has been converted into a ROM extension format. The Z80 assembly source code will also be available to download.
Usage
Add SpeakerROM.rom to a ROM bank on your Amstrad emulator.
Type |SPEAK to view the usage instructions.
|SAY,"HELLO WORLD" - Say a phrase. The program converts the string into phonemes.
|RAW,"/HEH4/HEH3/HEH2/HEH1/" - Say a phrase without the program converting phonemes.
|SPEED,1-20 - Alter the speed of the speech
|CENTRE - Output speech using channel B
|LEFT - Output speech using channel A
|RIGHT - Output speech using channel C
Still to do
- Functions to screen read text should be developed.
- Investigate if there is a way of outputting speech without disabling interrupts.
Download
- Speaker ROM - The Speaker Speech Synthesizer in ROM format
- Speaker ROM source code - Coming soon
