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Originally Posted by Bruce Abbott
Thanks for that. So that confirms it - Cloanto do have a license to distribute narrator device with Amiga OS.
Here's something that might help,
SPO256-AL2 Sample Pack
This is a set of waveforms recorded from the General Instruments SP0256 speech synthesizer chip. They might not match up very well with SoftVoice's samples in the narrator device, but have the advantage of being freely distributable for non-commercial purposes.
Another chip that might be worth looking at is the Votrax SC-01 (I had one of these in 1981). Here's an emulator for it with samples:-
votrax-speak |
And again many thanks. I've emulated the SPO256 previously for my currah uSpeech emulation, but as Thomas points out it's sample based and very poor compared to Narrator (which is a pretty low bar to clear, it has to be said but there it is!).
I may go a sample-based route for my speech synth, but I'd prefer not to if possible.