* [[SP0256 Pin-Outs]]
The SPO256 is a Speech Synthesizer chip used in many hardware Speech Synthesizers of the era.== Overview ==
With some clever programming it The SPO256 is possible to program a software Speech Synthesizer with good resultschip used in many hardware Speech Synthesizers of the 8bit era. The SP0256 contains a Voice Generator, a small microprocessor, and a built-in ROM which contains 16Kbit (2Kbyte) of program code.
Speech Synthesizer technology was also used in some games, with A number of different qualityversion of the SP0256 exist. The most common is the SP0256-AL2, where -AL2 means that the built-in ROM contains preprogrammed english allophones.
== Hardware Speech Synthesisers Synthesizers ==
[[Amstrad SSA-1 Speech Synthesizer]] ([[SPO256 ]] based)
[[Dk'tronics Speech Synthesizer]] ([[SPO256 ]] based)
[[TMPI speech synthetizer]] ([[MEA8000]] based)
== Software Speech synthesisers Synthesizers == With some clever programming it is possible to program a software Speech Synthesizer with good results.
[[Speech]] (Symbos software)
