> On Sep 16, 2025, at 2:14 PM, Chris Elmquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Monday (09/15/2025 at 03:24PM +0000), Frank Ventura via cctalk wrote: >> Ah nothing sounds like DECTalk like DECTalk 😉 That is a good idea. I am not >> versed in Linux development so I have no idea what is involved with using >> that. I would assume it would need at least one more component to be >> developed to accpt the serial port input, respond to the control characters >> and pass the input to that DECTalk code. > > I tried to reply to this but for some reason my reply was rejected by > the moderator. > > The moderator gave the following reason for rejecting your request: > > "[No reason given]" > > Anyway, I hoped to suggest that maybe Joe Grand could be convinced to > produce his EMIC2 speech synthesizer module again as it is a fully > DECTALK compatible module with serial interface. If you need USB, > you'd just frontend it with a USB to serial adapter, > > https://grandideastudio.com/portfolio/do-it-yourself/emic-2-text-to-speech/ > > They used to be sold by SparkFun but they stopped producing them in 2023. > > Chris > -- > Chris Elmquist >
Chris, the fact that it was discontinued may explain the short supply and high prices on EBay for hardware synthesizers. Thanks Frank
