Category: Geeks r Us
Wow! I've never heard of this. Can anyone help? I'm seriously tempted to buy it. Is it compatible with Textalker? This thing has got to be rare and I can't wait to hear what it sounds like... Below is the text, since the link will go dead in about two hours.
"This auction is for a Mountain Computers Supertalker for the Apple II.
"This is a rare voice digitzer card, I can find almost no information about it. It looks to be in good condition, you will get the a card Just like the one shown in the pictures. I tried to cut the glare so you could read it well. If anyone has information about this card, please let me know and I will add it. This item is sold as is, we did not test it. (obviously) :)"
Well, if you guys don't know what this one is I'm not surprised at all! Even an expert at the Mac Visionaries group never heard of this! Here's what I found from
http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/apple2/faq/19-029-Does-anyone-know-what-a-Supertalker-card-is-used-fo.html
by doing a simple apple ii supertalker search on Google.
"According to the MCI Supertalker manual, the card plugs into a Slot and lets you digitize human speech and store it on diskettes. Supertalker can replay the stored digitized speech via the speaker supplied with the system. "
I thought that this wasn't the kind of synth we'd use on a screenreader but then I found this from
http://apple2history.org/history/ah13.html
which has an amazing history on the Apple II and will mostly answer alot of general questions I have.
"Beginning in the late 1970's there were several speech synthesizers available for the Apple and other home computers. One brand was the TextTalker, and another (made by Mountain Hardware for $279) was the Supertalker. In the 1980's two other popular brands were the Echo II (slot-based) and Cricket (for the modem port on the IIc) synthesizers, made by Street Electronics. These latter also included the ability to product other sound effects, and some games and some games released at the time had enhanced sound output when the presence of those two devices was detected."
I can't afford to pass this one up. I just hope it works with a screenreader or I'll have a decoration instead of a working synth.
I got it. *smile*