Just FYI, I've been in touch with folks at local epson sales office. they are just comming out with what amounts to a dec talk on a single chip for about $10.00. Only minor problem is it is in a very strange package so we'll have to see how we can make it possible for small manufacturers and individuals to work with it. They are going to be selling them through a known supplier in small quantities, unlike some big companies who will only sell you thousands.
This looks most promising. We'll be getting a demo and access to an engineer in the next few weeks. I'll report back when I know more. If this works out, when yo ask companies to make there stuff talk you will be able to give them a part number. with speech synthesis available for ten bucks, fancy pre-recorded digitized speech will be a thing of the past, except for talking books of course. This can't be me, I'm actually sounding optomistic, something will go wrong. Tom
