[tɒk bɒks] — a tiny hardware speech synthesizer/TTS

Back in the 1980s, the now-defunct Digital Equipment Corporation (“DEC”) sold a hardware speech synthesizer based on Dennis Klatt’s research at MIT.  These DECTalk boxes were compact and robust, and — despite not having the greatest speech quality — gave valuable speech, telephone and reading accessibility to many people. Stephen Hawking’s distinctive voice is from … Continue reading [tɒk bɒks] — a tiny hardware speech synthesizer/TTS →