Re: Speech Input/Output on Apple II

["Vince Briel" <vbriel@removethisspamcomcast.net>]

I remember using a program that I used a mic through the cass input port and 
recorded sounds that I could then play back in Applesoft. It made it easy to 
add sound and voices to programs. Was that SAM?

Vince

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> S.A.M. "Software Automated Mouth" is speech output for the apple II.
> It requires no sound card (it can output through the speaker).  It is
> the only software I have seen before today that would do this.
>
> Echo, Mockingboard, DoubleTalk, Slotbuster were all hardware cards that
> would output speech.  There was a card for the SAM software that would
> improve speech output (d/a converter on a card)
>
> Other voice software:
> ghostbusters had digitized voice
> Bob Bishop did some fun things with digitized voice...
> --B.B. Talking Calculator
> --B.B. Apple Lis'ner (speech recognition through the cassette port, all
> through software)
> --B.B. AppleVisions book, sound record and playback through cassette
> port
> --B.B. AppleVisions book, mentions speech recognition in last chapter,
> through cass. port.
>
>
> Voice input for the Apple II:
> Covox Voice Master:  Connects to game port, recognizes 32 words (more
> if you write your own code to get around the included software
> limitations)
> Voice Input Module: Speech recognition on a card + automated keyboard
> Heuristics H2000: Speech recognition on a card
> Scott Instruments Shadow/VET: Speech Recognition on a card
>
>
> "The Voice" by Muse Software?
> according to Bill Garber:
> "Everything I'm getting from my searches
> tells me "The Voice" also does voice recognition."
>
> I've never heard of this one, but apparently "Lis'ner" by Bob Bishop
> does the same thing.
>
> Rich
>