minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow) (12/13/83)
DECtalk, a text-to-speech terminal, was announced today as an official DEC product, DCT01-AA. It can accept text from a host computer over an RS232 asynchronous line or from a local terminal. It can place and receive calls on the public telephone network using a built-in registered telephone interface. Remote users can communicate with application programs using Touch-Tone (TM) input. DECtalk comes with seven built-in voices (male, female, and child) which can be tuned by the user or application. Quantity one price is $4,000 and units will be available in March. An extensive library of C subroutines is available to simplify application program development. They are in the public-domain (and will be available from Decus). Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. You can call the demo number, (617) 493-8255 (493-TALK) if you wish to listen to it. Martin Minow (proud parent) Dave Conroy (other proud parent) decvax!minow decvax!dgc
jbray@bbncca.ARPA (James Bray) (12/15/83)
Yes, it is very clever: "Please check the number and dial again, or call your operator..." I bet the phone company could use that.