Alpha VS 100 - Adding speech to your programs

7.
Adding
speech
to
your
programs
There are
four
methods
to generate
speech
with
your
VS-IOO, These
methods
evolved
as
we
developed
the
system.
We will
describe
each
below,
starting
with
the
latest
development
-
METHOD
l: PRINT*
(pronounced
"print
star")
PRINT*"something
that
will
be
said"
This
is
a
new BASIC
command.
BASIC
will
recognize
the
PRINT*"any
string"
statement
and
say
the
string.
In
order
to do so,
you must
:
•From DOS
type
VS48
for
48K systems
(and
press
ENTER)
or
type VS32
for
32K systems
This loads
the
text
to
speech
program
in
high memory
and
protects
itself
, (except
NEWDOS+
ver.
2.1)
.
VS43
resides
from
60662
to
65535,
VS32
resides
from
44278
to
49151
IMPORTANT
:
If
you
have
a
48K system
and
you need
the
high
memory,
(For
example:
LDOS
uses high
memory
for
drivers)
you can
use VS32.
We
are
working
on a
self
relocatable
version
of
VS
(should
be
available
February
1984)
.
•You
must
also add
the
following
POKEs
to your
program:
(It
need
only
be
executed
once
and
it will
remain
intact
until
you
exit
from
BASIC)
-For
48K
systems:
5
IF
PEEK(16844)<>237
THEN
POKE -4852,
PEEK(16843)
:
POKE
-4851,
PEEK(16844)
: POKE
16843,9
:
POKE
16844,237
-For
32K
systems:
6
IF
PEEK(16844)<>173
THEN POKE
-21236,
PEEKC16843)
:
POKE
-21235,
PEEK(16844)
: POKE
16843,9
:
POKE
16844,173
-For
16K tape
systems:
7
POKE
16842,195
: POKE
16843,
9
: POKE
16844,109
If
you
really
want
to
know,
these
pokes
detour
the
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