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Speech +

Speech+ speaking calculator with instructions on cassette. The knob at top right is pulled to turn the calculator on and then acts as a volume control. Pressing the button with the loudspeaker symbol (below the "=" button) makes the calculator speak the number on the display. The switch below this button can be used to switch off the speech system.

Telesensory Systems Inc. Speech+

Distinctive features: The first speaking electronic calculator.

Technical details:
Display is 8 digits, red LED. Also speaks the keys pressed and the result.

4-function, %, memory, square root.

Calculator integrated circuit Texas Instruments TMC1007NL, based on the TMS1000 4-bit microcontroller. "TSI has custom-programmed a microcomputer in the SPEECH PLUS calculator and is a pioneer in the use of this device. This microcomputer contains the calculating capability. It was used instead of more-conventional, commercially available parts so that we could dictate the way the calculator works and design the keyboard. ..."
Speech processing integrated circuits Telesensory Systems Inc S14001A, General Instruments S14007. "The speech circuit for the 24 word vocabulary involves patent pending technology. The speaker is the only moving part and there are two large scale integrated circuits. One is a custom, special purpose microprocessor TSI developed to replace 50 separate integrated circuit packages. The other is a TSI-programmed Read Only Memory (ROM) which has a copyrighted output."

4.8v (4x AA rechargeable).

180 x 115 x 35 mm. (7.1" x 4.5" x 1.4").

1976.

Made in USA by Telesensory Systems Inc., Palo Alto, California.

Designed for use by the blind. The top photograph shows the instructions on cassette tape.

 

This was the first speaking calculator and a very early use of speech synthesis in a consumer product.

Front cover removed

With front cover removed, showing the Texas Instruments calculator chip and the LED display assembly.

Speech board

The lower, speech circuit board, speaker, & rechargeable cells.

Child's Teaching Speaking Calculator

Child’s Teaching Speaking Calculator

Child's Teaching calculator

Distinctive features: Speaking electronic calculator.

Technical details:Display is 6 digits, red LED, and speaks.

4-functions and maths test mode.

Integrated circuits - Texas Instruments TMS 1000NLL 4-bit microcontroller (here date coded to early 1978) and SN99857. The microcontroller is another version of the device used in the Speech+ above.

185 x 150 x 29 mm / 7.25 x 5.9 x 1.1".

Manufacturer unknown, made in Hong Kong.
If you know of the manufacturer/distributor please contact us.

Inside

With the rear cover removed. The single small circuit board carries the two integrated circuits and the few other components..

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