Micromint MICROVOX, User Manual

Page 1: ...USERS MANUAL THE MICROMINT INC 561 Willow Avenue Cedarhurst N Y 11516...

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Page 3: ...Synthesizer and Inflection Circuitry 5 6 Device Control Codes 7 15 Setting the Serial Port 15 16 Parallel Input Port 17 Phoneme Codes 18 19 J3 Connector Pinout 20 Jl Connector Pinout 21 Phonetic Word...

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Page 5: ...ice synthesizer output port It has a 6502 microprocesor crystal controlled 75 9600 bps full handshaking serial interface parallel input port 2K bytes of RAM 8K bytes of EPROM and has an onboard power...

Page 6: ...result from PRINT statements in BASIC or the contents of complete disk files MicroVox connects to the computer in the same manner as a printer or modem and virtually anything that can be printed or vi...

Page 7: ...ing the serial port The 6502 processor operates at a clock frequency of 611 KHz Memory Section ICs 2 5 and 9 form the address decoding and memory section of the MicroVox IC 9 decodes the 5 most signif...

Page 8: ...can be used with or without hardware handshaking CTS DCD RTS etc This is especially useful when communicating over modems or terminals which have no handshaking signals Instead the MicroVox software i...

Page 9: ...m 20 KHz creates a relatively small pitch change by itself out of a 720 KHz nominal input frequency but used dynamically in a sentence it creats a definite improvement in intelligibility The pitch lev...

Page 10: ...s are called device control signals and are transmitted to the MicroVox along with the text Device controls signals are sent from the host computer to select among many different user options In gener...

Page 11: ...icroVox will send the character to the computer when it is unable to receive more data and will send to the computer when it is again ready to receive data It is the responsibility of the computer pro...

Page 12: ...s not pronounced to the user s satisfaction is to alter the spelling By typing RED or REED instead of READ the user can be sure to get the desired pronunciation If HICCOUGH is pronounced strangely try...

Page 13: ...sic mode will reset most previously set control codes Text Synchronization For many applications it is important to synchronize speech with external such as text or actions appearing on the screen For...

Page 14: ...n If this option is selected a carriage return will always be treated by the MicroVox as terminating a phrase When the MicroVox is first turned on it is in the L mode Rather than send a special signal...

Page 15: ...ct phonemes Most intonation patterns are not represented in English spelling Without knowing the writer s state of mind achieving the proper intonation may require grammatical parsing of a sentence Th...

Page 16: ...ock rate can be controlled independently and changed at any time The user options are IP1 low pitch IP2 medium low pitch IP3 medium high pitch IP4 high pitch The user may also control the clock rate I...

Page 17: ...and pronounces all ASCII characters with codes between hex 20 and hex 7F The operating system does not recognize control codes other than BACKSPACE 08 TAB 09 LINE FEED 0A RETURN 0D an ESCAPE IB Recei...

Page 18: ...ation can be added selectively or by the automatic algorithm You can say the following sentence four ways 1 text to speech no added inflection IT IF PLEASE ENTER YOUR ACCESS NUMBER 2 automatic inflect...

Page 19: ...et monotone or flat intonation II set automatic inflected intonation IP and IR set intonation base pitch and clock rate ID1 1D8 and ID9 set phrase terminator delay SETTING THE SERIAL PORT DTE DCE Sett...

Page 20: ...will send Bw to the computer when it is again ready to receive data It is the responsibility of the computer programmer to write the software necessary for the use of these options Finally it is possi...

Page 21: ...coordinated in some manner In normal use the MicroVox expects to interact with a host computer on only one input at a time and it is best not to have anything plugged into the unused connector The pa...

Page 22: ...03 made 07 ZH 90 azure 08 AH2 71 honest 09 13 55 inhibit 0A 12 80 inhibit 0B 11 121 inhibit OC M 103 mat 0D N 80 sun 0E B 71 bag OF V 71 van 10 CH 71 chip 11 SH 121 shop 12 Z 71 zoo 13 AWl 146 lawful...

Page 23: ...1 tap 2B R 90 red 2C E 185 meet 2D W 80 win 2E AE 185 dad 2F AE1 103 after 30 AW2 90 salty 31 UH2 71 about 32 UH1 103 uncle 33 UH 185 cup 34 02 80 for 35 01 121 aboard 36 IU 59 you 37 U1 90 you 38 THV...

Page 24: ...N C 33 GND 34 GND DESCRIPTION Data Output Strobe Output bit 0 Output bit 1 Output bit 2 Output bit 3 Output bit 4 Output bit 5 Output bit 6 Output bit 7 no Connection Data Strobe Acknowlege No Connec...

Page 25: ...ND TD Transmit Data RD Receive Data RTS Request to Send CTS Clear to Send N C No Connection GND CD Carrier Detect DTR Data Terminal Ready All undesignated pins are open circuit Pins 2 and 3 can be int...

Page 26: ...change T CH Al AY Y N D J D D El Y data D A2 Y DT UHl date D A2 AY Y T decide D Y S AH2 EH3 Y D decision D Y S 12 ZH UH3 N deliver D Y L 12 V ER E El Y early ER R L Y either El Y THV ER empty EH2 EH3...

Page 27: ...UH3 L language L AE1 EH3 NG G W II D J large L AHl R D J left L EH1 EH3 F T length L EH1 EH3 NG TH listen L 11 13 S 12 N M EH1 EH2 M make M Al AY Y K many M EH2 EH2 N Y match M AE1 EH3 T CH memory M...

Page 28: ...me T AHl EH3 Y M U Yl IU Ul U1 under UH2 UH2 r N D ER uniform Yl IU Ul N 13 F 01 R M until UH2 r UH2 N T 11 13 L up UHl UH2 P urgent R r R D J 13 N T us UHlt UH2 S use Yl IU Ul Ul Z V v El AY Y vacant...

Page 29: ...L window W Hf N D 01 Ul winter W Ilf 13 N T ER wire W AH1 EH3 AY R with W Ilf 13 TH withdraw W Ilf 13 TH D R AW without W Ilf 13 TH UH2 AH2 Ul word W ER R D work W ER R K wrong R AW NG X EH1 EH2 Kf P...

Page 30: ...Mfd 16V Ceramic Disc 0 1 Mfd 16V Ceramic Disc 0 1 Mfd 16V Ceramic Disc 0 1 Mfd 16V Ceramic Disc 0 1 Mfd 16V Ceramic Disc 0 1 Mfd 16V Ceramic Disc 0 1 Mfd 16V Ceramic Disc 2200 Mfd 25V Electrolytic 47...

Page 31: ...C7805 Regulator XI Crystal 4 9152 Mhz Micromint Text to Speech PC Board Heat Sink THM6071B Heat Sink THM6072B Screw 6 32 x 3 8 Nut 6 32 Transformer PITB 109 22VCT 300 MA Jack Keystone 901 Submini phon...

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Page 37: ...ion Repairs on user assembled items must be PREPAID Return authorization must be obtained prior to any return 4 MICROMINT INC shall not be responsible for repair or replacement of any units which beco...

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Page 39: ...nts given above If there are typographical errors in the music codes for instance 3H3 there is no H in the musical scale or 9G3 there is no ninth octave in the music system these errors will be read a...

Page 40: ...fect as a reset button would have the same effect as turning off the power and turning it on Appendix D Programmable Pause Between Words Sometimes words are more intelligible if there is a pause betwe...

Page 41: ...ements given above If there are typographical errors in the music codes for instance 3H3 there is no H in the musical scale or 9G3 there is no ninth octave in the music system these errors will be tsa...

Page 42: ...ceeS 20Lsatheasa neEl t0n s po ra r ninhrrt 0 the Howe ve r a reset off the Appendix D Programmable Pause Between Words pausaSCe eenStherdST afe m re ble if there is a number of comma s between wo rds...