[DECtalk] accent demos in the dectalk archive

[Ameer Armaly]

Interesting. I'm aware that there were several versions of the Accent SA
for example, with different physical designs and different dip switch
behavior, but I have no idea if any of them had a different voice.

On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM Aksel Christoffersen <aksel at dectalk.nu>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
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> While I know nothing of the different versions of the Accent synthesizer,
> I agree that the mp3 files have a different voice than the wav files. The
> wav files were already in the archive when I took over, however I added the
> mp3 files to the archive about a month ago from a zip file, which is also
> in the archive in it’s entirety.
>
> It was downloaded from a post where the poster, among other things,
> theorized that the speech was generated by a Votrax SC02 chip.
>
> You can read it here.
>
> https://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/nec-pd77p25gw-rom-dumping/
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Kind regards:
>
> Aksel
>
>
>
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> Armaly
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> *Emne:* [DECtalk] accent demos in the dectalk archive
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>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I noticed that in the dectalk archive, the demos of the accent synthesizer
> don't all sound the same. "demo.wav" sounds like the accent sound I'm
> familiar with from other synthesizers of that general family. "demo1.mp3"
> sounds different. Given that there were different versions and revisions of
> the accent family over the years, I'm curious if people can pin down what
> versions we are hearing in the different recordings? Thanks.
>
>
>
> Ameer
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