† Does not exist or is not official in the OCG or TCGSee also {{Card lists}} and {{Monsters and Monster Cards}}, *Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, Fandom will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. In the game, both C and D and P and Q match up and run in opposite directions: Several commercial retailers offered hardware and software which allowed home computers to interface with the Speak & Spell's hardware and access its capabilities, and Larry Dighera was first to reveal how that might be accomplished.[48]. Cheetah Girls[69]), and hip hop (e.g. neckerchief 62802? shinai 1060? This part of the card contains only one significant difference from Monster Cards—the Attribute symbol is replaced by a Spell symbol due to the fact that Spell (and Trap) Cards do not have Attributes. It was completely recreated in 1982 as the Speak & Spell Compact (a version lacking a visual display), and in 1989 the Super Speak & Spell was released to replace the original vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) with a liquid crystal display (LCD). Regional variations with different speech libraries and different games[4] were released in at least 9 countries with seven language variations. So, for example, orange is masculine when it’s a color and feminine when it’s a fruit. hair ribbon 362440? Speech synthesis data (phoneme data) for the spoken words were stored on a pair of 128 Kbit metal gate PMOS ROMs. command spell 2517? 1980. Goudie Marshall, Kathleen M. and Worner, Joerg. The following year the Super Speak & Spell was again majorly redesigned to return to a considerable degree to its prior Speak & Spell form. UK Marketing Manager Martin Finn had the product retitled for the UK, and all existing units were recolored blue and repackaged. In 1980, the original Speak & Spell was redesigned to give it a membrane keyboard in place of raised buttons. Both Ready... Set... Read! Little Maestro – A musical audio game aimed at younger children than the Speak & Music. A Speak & Spell has a prominent role as a key component of the alien creature's homebuilt interstellar communicator in the Steven Spielberg motion picture E.T. In 1983, the Speak & Spell was again redesigned. This effect can be triggered in the Speak & Spell without making modifications if more than 3 keys in the same row are depressed simultaneously; however, within the circuit bending culture, emphasis is given to the fact that these units are being used as instruments and thus externally manipulable components are often accentuated. Ribalta, Gail Susik, Texas Instruments Consumer Products 1988–1994. The data rate was so radically cut that all of the words needed some editing. Often, a Spell Card has a single effect to provide a bonus to the user or a weakness to the opponent. igote 282? school bag 14788? Listen & Learn – The first electronic, educational toys to be marketed to infants, the Listen & Learn toys were a series of three themed, electronic toys aimed at children of between 6 and 36 months. Game[81] cartridges for the Speak & Read were identical in shape to those of the main Speak & Spell line, and they could be physically inserted into units from the wrong line; however, they did not function except in members of their own line. Spell Cards, except Quick-Play Spell Cards, can only be activated during their possessor's Main Phase (except "Curse of Fiend"); Quick-Play Spell Cards can be activated from their possessor's hand during their turn, or while Set on the field during either player's turn. Spell Cards, except Quick-Play Spell Cards, may be activated during the same turn it was Set. Word and game lists are of differing lengths depending upon the cartridge and the word lists in models marketed for different languages reflect the language marketed for. ribbon 633100? For example, in the case of "Monster Reborn", its artwork is that of an ankh symbol in the OCG but was redone when it was brought over to the TCG in order to avoid religious connotations. Rude or colloquial translations are usually marked in red or orange. This version was only released in France as Les Maths Magique[94] (lit. The unit could use either 4 "C" batteries or 6-volt DC power adapter with positive tip polarity. [7] The company Basic Fun brought the classic speak and spell back in 2019 although with some minor changes[8], The Speak & Spell was named an IEEE Milestone in 2009. By opening the Speak & Spell's case, cross-wiring terminals, and installing electronic components such as switches and potentiometers, amateur hobbyists purposely disrupt normal functioning of the Speak & Spell's membrane keyboard matrix circuit in order to create new sounds. The video display employed in the Speak & Spell was a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD). Terms and Slang . This version was marketed first in Italian as Grillo Parlante[23] ("The Talking Cricket" as the character of the book for children The Adventures of Pinocchio), and then later in the United States[24] and the United Kingdom[25] as the Speak & Spell, and in France as the Dictée Magique[26] again. [100] As with the Super Speak & Spell, the display screen of the Super Speak & Math was changed to an LCD screen instead of the former VFD screen. The Speak & Spell used the first single-chip voice synthesizer, the TMC0280, later called the TI TMS5100, which utilized a 10th-order linear predictive coding (LPC) model by using pipelined electronic DSP logic. Some very powerful Spell Cards have been Forbidden from Advanced Format tournament play, such as "Pot of Greed". Speak & Spell Compact sales were very poor in the United States, causing TI to send much of its excess stock abroad. [36] A variant of this chip with a very similar voice was eventually used in certain Chrysler vehicles in the 1980s as the Electronic Voice Alert. [27] The general structure of the console was also altered so that the handle which had come at the top of the screen in prior Speak & Spells was now found on the bottom of the toy and ergonomic features were added to the shape. In 1982, the Speak & Spell Compact was released at about half the size of the Speak & Spell and lacking the VFD screen. Rude or colloquial translations are usually marked in red or orange. The Speak & Read was released in 1980 with a shape identical to the Speak & Spell but with different game features and a different color scheme. The French Senate and the National Assembly have separately approved the nomination of Laure de la Raudière to head the country’s telecoms regulator. "Negate" vs. "Destroy" and Continuous Cards, Fusion Material Monsters & Ritual Spell Tributes, https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Spell_Card?oldid=4353225. Please report examples to be edited or not to be displayed. [78], The Speak & Spell features in various electronics museums such as the Computer History Museum[2] and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History[7] due to its seminal influence in the field of modern speech synthesis. Additional purchased cartridges (called expansion modules) could be inserted through the battery receptacle to provide new solid-state libraries and new games. Outside of the United States, the 1980 release was marketed in the United Kingdom under the same name,[18] in German as the Buddy[19] (employing an umlaut in place of the Speak & Spell's apostrophe), and in French as La Dictée Magique[20] ("The Magical Dictation"). Artists like French electronic musician Jean Michel Jarre have used the musical samples from the Speak & Spell's opening sequence in their songs. [6] It shipped without a cartridge, in this configuration called simply the Basic Unit (containing the minigames Mystery Word, Secret Code, and Letter).[14]. Separate word lists also exist for regional variants such as the American and British English versions. Where the American Speak & Spell had been colored red with yellow and orange accents, the American Speak & Math was gray with blue and orange highlights. The 2019 model Speak & Spell also replaces the VFD screen with a segmented LCD screen. The utterances were captured and processed. The English, French, German and Italian versions were all created by a team of non-specialists, in TI's plant near Antibes, France, under the watchful eye of Larry Brantingham who had patented the underlying technology. Teddy Touch & Tell – The next generation of the Touch & Tell game. [80] Where the American Speak & Spell had been colored red with yellow and orange accents, the American Speak & Read was yellow with blue and green accents. It supports more than 25 languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Polish, and Russian. The Speak & Spell has shown up in various television shows, films, and game shows. They are not selected or validated by us and can contain inappropriate terms or ideas. Game [81] cartridges for the Speak & Read were identical in shape to those of the main Speak & Spell line, and they could be physically inserted into units from the wrong line; however, they did not function except in … [21] The Speak & Spell Compact was a dedicated console and only one other version, the Speak & Write,[22] was released for English markets. [37] Some weeks later the processed data was returned and required significant hand editing to fix the voicing errors which had occurred during the process. In 2019, Basic Fun acquired rights to manufacture the Speak & Spell, however the updated version introduced a number of changes. [82] The Speak & Read was designed to focus on reading comprehension in children of ages 4–8 with a library of over 250 basic words. In some cases this was fairly simple, but some words were unintelligible and required days of work and others had to be completely scrapped. The new version was nearly identical to the prior El Loro Parlanchín save for the name which became El Loro Profesor[34] (Professor Parrot). This series was a subset of TI's Learning Center product group and the Speak & Spell was released simultaneously with the Spelling B (a non-speech product designed to help children learn to spell), and the First Watch (designed to teach children to read digital and analog timepieces). It also offers on-device instructions that weren't available on previous versions. Many Vietnam veterans who had been exposed to Agent Orange during the war have shown an increased risk of cancer. Thus, Speak-&-Spell-generated speech synthesis has featured in alternative music (with artists such as Beck,[56] Coldplay[57] and Limp Bizkit[58][59]), electronic music (with such artists as Röyksopp and Robyn[60] and Kraftwerk[61]), synthpop (with such groups as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,[62] Freezepop,[63] and Erasure[64]), trance music (e.g. Development began in 1976 with an initial budget of $25,000, as an outgrowth of TI's research into speech synthesis. These cartridges are plugged into a slot near the battery compartment in order to introduce new software libraries. looking at viewer 1506034? The Speak & Spell (as well as the "Speak & Math" and "Speak & Read") are emulated, running the original code, by MESS. [15] Beyond the natural disinclination of consumers to purchase games[4] in foreign languages, however, regional lockout does not prevent the use of expansion module cartridges in consoles for which they were not designed. This was done to expose hiding enemy troops. While most Monster Cards are yellow or orange, Spell Cards are blue-green. pleated skirt 228991? Sōta Fujimori[65]), electropop (e.g. Examples are used only to help you translate the word or expression searched in various contexts. Examples of educational games[4] that could be played using Speak & Spell cartridges include: The "Secret Code" mini-game encrypted or decrypted "words" (really, any string of up to 8 letters) by matching up two sets of the alphabet, slightly askew, in the form of a Caesar cipher. [4] This represented the first time an educational toy utilized speech that was not recorded on tape or phonograph record (as with Mattel's See 'n Say line or the earlier Chatty Cathy dolls). [80], The Speak & Read was very minutely redesigned in 1986, under the same name, with the new version representing nothing more substantial than a redesign of the faceplate graphics. french braid 17667? Furthermore, game[4] cartridges for the Super Speak & Spell were changed so that they were incompatible with prior Speak & Spells and the cartridge slot was similarly altered to prevent backward compatibility.[28]. Community content is available under. The Super Speak & Spell was released in 1989 with a number of major changes. An icon next to the "Spell Card" text inside the brackets indicates the card's type (refer to the symbols above). and Magic Reading Desk cartridges are identical in design to the Super Speak & Read's cartridges.[90]. Examples of simulators generally available online include: The Speak & Spell has been employed in recent years in commercial music as an instrument either in its original form or as a modified "bent" circuit instrument (see below). 128 Kbit was at the time the largest capacity ROM in use. [9], The Speak & Spell was created by a small team of engineers led by Paul Breedlove, himself an engineer, with Texas Instruments (TI) during the late 1970s. Ribalta, Gail Susik, Toy Developer at Texas Instruments, Consumer Products 1988–1994. Often programmed for Flash,[50] these are often the result of nostalgic sentiment for the 1980s. [87] Each cartridge came with a work-booklet that was laid out in an open position in the center of the Super Speak & Read. The Speak & Math was only released to American and British markets. Resurrection Band,[67] Family Force 5[68]), pop (e.g. The Magical Math). Texas Instruments' Solid State Speech technology found its way into a number of other titles also related to the Speak & Spell line. red hair 308872? This page was last edited on 25 December 2020, at 12:58. The card type is located below the name, where the Level is normally found on Monster Cards. The Speak & Math was designed to focus on mathematics in children of ages 6–12 with a library of over 100,000 random and preprogrammed problems. Percom Data Company offered a PC Card called "Speak-2-Me-2" which installed into the battery compartment of the Speak & Spell, and connected via cable to a TRS-80. The voiced palato-alveolar fricative or voiced domed postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.. A player may activate and Set as many Spell Cards as they wish during their turn. [55] Artists in various other (typically electronic) genres have employed the non-musical vocal portions of the Speak & Spell to create vocal parts in their songs. The technique used to create the words was to have a professional speaker speak the words. The use of removable cartridges has also been eliminated.[35]. ? Between 1989 and 1992 the Super Speak & Spell saw three redesigns as well. In 1992, a third redesign of the Super Speak & Spell was made for the Spanish market only. [99] In 1990 the Super Speak & Math was released as a major redesign similar to the first version of the Super Speak & Spell. Cartridges (also known as expansion modules) are freely exchangeable ROM libraries that provide additional content without providing additional functionality. The Speak & Math (sold as "Speak and Maths" in some countries) was released in 1980 with a shape identical to both the Speak & Spell and the Speak & Read but with a completely different keyboard layout, different game[91][92] features, and a different color scheme. All other basic card elements can also be seen in Spells. 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Here are some categories of French words that are typically masculine: wines LanguageTool finds many errors that a simple spell checker cannot detect, like mixing up there/their, a/an, or repeating a word, and it can detect some grammar problems. The 1992 Super Speak & Spell marked the last release of the series. and Speak & Read lines. By 1982 when the British, French, Italian and German versions were being developed, the original voices were recorded in the TI facility near Nice in France and these full bit rate digital recordings were sent to Dallas for processing using a minicomputer. Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. This version re-adopted the handle-on-top look of the previous models and resumed use of the original cartridges. After activation, Spell Cards (with the exception of Continuous, Field and Equip Spell Cards) are sent to the Graveyard. 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