[Coco] Software-only speech synth program from the 80s?

[L. Curtis Boyle]

Yep, Speak Up! by Computize. Had both 16K and 32K versions. Voice sounds smoother with Coco 3 double speed POKE, but at a higher pitch of course.


> On Feb 1, 2023, at 9:47 PM, Allen Huffman via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
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>> On Feb 1, 2023, at 9:44 PM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
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>> Does anyone recall the name of the software-only speech synthesizer that was made for the CoCo 1 back in the early 80s?
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> I knew that sending this e-mail out would make me immediately remember it, and that was after I searched for “speech”, “talk” and other variations in the archives.
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> Speak-Up!
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> https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Applications/Speak%20Up%21%20%28Classical%20Computing%29.pdf
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