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Acorn BBC Micro Speech System

A speech system upgrade for the BBC Micro. This Speech System uses the BBC Micro's sound generator, audio amplifier and speaker to speak words.

It contains a speech processor and a chip called a 'Phrase Read Only Memory (PHROM) which has 165 ready made word and word parts stored in it.

Date : 1983

Manufacturer : Acorn Computers

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH33103. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.