Voice/Speech Synthesis

[somebodykillmeplease]

I'm working on my Senior Project and wanting to use a Voice Synthesizer. I'm wanting to program a chip into saying "You've got mail" and other various catch phrases. I thought i could use my Atmel 8535 or Atmel 1200 chip, but it seems that you cant program a sound file into those chips. So has anyone ever used a Voice Synthesizer? If yes, how'd it work out for you? I was looking at a chip called SpeakJet found here. What do you guys think?

 

[cirthix]

why would you ever want to make another demonic creation like " you've got mail"? are you in leauge with the people from ati that made the head+texture demonlady?

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: cirthix
why would you ever want to make another demonic creation like " you've got mail"? are you in leauge with the people from ati that made the head+texture demonlady?

Wasn't that Matrox that did that talking head thing?

 

[somebodykillmeplease]

I guess it's true....Good help is hard to find these days
I didn't post here to get BS replies....thanks though

 

[harrkev]

I have not looked at that chip, but there are three different types of speech systhesis chips:

1) Phoneme based. This has "recordings" of fractions of a sylable. It can say ANYTHING, but it sounds very mechanical. You also have to play with it to get the pronunciations just right.

2) Discrete words. These have pre-programmed words and phrases. This type used to be popular, but is probably almost extinct by now.

3) Digital recording. This allows you to record your own phrases. Some systems have their own A/D and recording circuitry (found in talking picture frames and the ilk). Others requrie a PC to chew on the data in order to provide a compressed bit stream.

If you have a choice, go for option #1, as it is the coolest.