Covox Speech Thing
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covox-speech-thing-204-304257
title:
Covox Speech Thing
text:
The Covox Speech Thing is an external digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that plugs into the parallel printer port of a PC. It converts 8-bit digital sound using a simple R-2R resistor ladder into an analog signal output. The Speech Thing was introduced on December 18, 1987 by Covox, Inc. of Eugene, Oregon, for about US$70 and priced US$79.95 as of 1989. People soon started to build their own (DIY) variants, since its communication protocol and DAC is simple and only requires soldering a few chea
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encyclopedia
description:
External digital-to-analog audio converter
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covox_Speech_Thing
date created:
2004-11-21T16:08:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T21:08:56Z
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