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The SPO256 is a Speech Synthesizer chip used in many hardware Speech Synthesizers of the era.
== Overview ==


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


Speech Synthesizer technology was also used in some games, with different quality.
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 Synthesisers ==
== Hardware Speech Synthesizers ==


[[Amstrad SSA-1 Speech Synthesizer]] (SPO256 based)
[[Amstrad SSA-1 Speech Synthesizer]] ([[SPO256]] based)


[[Dk'tronics Speech Synthesizer]] (SPO256 based)
[[Dk'tronics Speech Synthesizer]] ([[SPO256]] based)


[[TMPI speech synthetizer]] ([[MEA8000]] based)
[[TMPI speech synthetizer]] ([[MEA8000]] based)


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


[[Speech]] (Symbos software)
[[Speech]] (Symbos software)

Revision as of 11:27, 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 (SPO256 based)

Dk'tronics Speech Synthesizer (SPO256 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)

Datasheet (English)

  • Datasheet SPO256 (PDF)
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