Echo Commander Speech Synthesizer

Synthesizer, Speech

Accession Number:
2014.7.35
Description:
(a) green ECHO + computer circuit board with rainbow colored ribbon cable leading to nine-pin female RS232 port; marked "1984 Street Electronics Corp." serial #AM873; (b) cream plastic speaker/control box, rectangular with four rubber feet, speaker grill and two knobs for volume and rate on top; contact button on back adjacent to gray cable leading to 9-pin male RS232 D-sub jack.
Date Made:
1986
Maker:
Street Electronics Corporation; American Printing House for the Blind
Place of Origin:
Carpenteria, CA; Louisville, KY
Collection:
APH Collection
History/Provenance:
APH Collection
Credit Line:
APH Collection, 2014.7.
Subjects:
Computers Speech
Dimension Notes:
(a) card is 3 x 7 x 0.5" not accounting for ribbon cable; (b) control box is 5.5 x 4 x 2.5" not allowing for cable.
Made:
American Printing House for the Blind; Street Electronics Corporation
Material:
Plastic, aluminum
Updated:
02/15/2021