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"The Coleco Talking Teacher (Released 1985) is a childs teaching aid with a synthesised voice. It has 8 english and 2 maths activities with a total of 165 word's vocabulary built in (Rare as snake knee's expansion cartridges are avaialable) its circuitry is similar to that of the Texas instruments speak and spell range of toys but with more advanced voice chips and functions.
...added the following functions
pitch control knob - sets the pitch of the words - sounds
Stutter hold switch with smooth or ruff modes - holds a phrase of a word and endlessly loops it
stutter loop advance button - disables the stutter mode when pressed and holds the sound on release allows the loop to move on
Repeat word switch - repeats the current word / maths sum / function of the current game you are playing
distortion switch with two modes (slight difference in tone)
Glitch A switch - produces utter random glitches and phrases glitchy have words and tones
Glitch B switch - Produces random words and phrases glitch have words and tones
Glitch C switch - Produces random clicks, pops and stuttering when a letter is pressed or the unit is trying to speak
Glitch D/E switch (centre off) produces glitchy loops and single letters says words such as "Tourettes" see vids / demos
reset switch - some combernation of bends or words lock the unit up this resets it to the beginning
1/8" jack socket audio output"
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