Reviews

A software speech synthesiser for the 48k Spectrum. I was fascinated by this as a young kid.
There was a simple demonstration program with it, to allow you to input text, and hear it spoken back. It allowed you to add speech to your own basic programs, by loading the code file and using a simple 'Randomize USR' and 'REM' statement.
Obviously, the quality of speech achieved on the 48k is somewhat distorted, and not up to the standards expected today, but heck, you could understand it, I could make my Spectrum speak. All text had to be entered phonetically, but this just added to the fun of it.
I think I spent many more hours using this than a lot of games I had. Possibly a large percentage of that time was devoted to producing long winded scatological sibling abuse. Fantastic.