The Parallax Emic 2 Text-to-Speech Module is a voice! Designed in conjunction with Grand Idea Studio, the Emic 2 Text-to-Speech Module is a multi-language voice synthesizer that converts a stream of digital text into natural sounding speech. Its simple command-based interface makes it easy to integrate into any embedded system.
“Back in the 1980s, the now-defunct Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) sold a hardware speech synthesizer based on Dennis Klatts research at MIT. These DECTalk boxes were compact and robust, and despite not having the greatest speech quality gave valuable speech …