Random... has anyone tried to say dead using this shield? every sequence i have tried sounds terrible.

hola alguien podria ayudarme para realizar un codigo que diga el abecedario completo con mi arduino y voicebox shiel... espero sus repuestas gracias..

There is a new Arduino OO library for controlling SpeakJet chip and works out of the box with this SparkFun VoiceBox shield:

http://www.open.com.au/mikem/arduino/SpeakJet

It supports speaking of: - raw individual phonemes - arrays of phonemes - words from a custom dictionary or the standard built-in dictionary - sentences (sequences of words) from a custom dictionary or the standard built-in dicitonary - integers from 0 to over 4 billion - strings of digits or IP addresses - creation and conversion of custom word-to-phonemes dictionaries

Does this shield come in a kit form with a DIP IC and not SMT? I would like the DIP version of the Speakjet not soldered to the board so that I can mount it on an IC socket. I do do not want to do a surgery on the Speakjet when I add the TTS256 but rather do the surgery on the socket. My skill at soldering is not so great yet and so doing a surgery on an SMT could just ruin the shield.

Would this work with a 8ohm 1W speaker?

This is a very fun little board. I am trying to build a looper and need all the D/I's I can get so I can have 12 notes in a scale. I think I can barely do it with 16 multiplexed inputs (so 4x4 pins)
With this attached to the Arduino, can I use D5-D12 (Speakjet E0-7) for my input buttons? Will this interfere with the Speakjet or should I cut these pins so they don't connect?

Could you please fix the links to the example code?

I'm using this without an Arduino, and mounted a MAX232 (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/316) in the experimental section. I now have a nice module to which you apply power (3.3v and 5v both work!) and RS232 serial data, attach a speaker, and you get speech! Here's my simple Python code to drive it:
import serial,time
def phrase(a):
return ''.join([chr(c) for c in a])
aybabtu=phrase([20, 96, 21, 114, 22, 88, 23, 5, 8, 135, 8, 146, 5, 128, 153, 5, 170, 154, 8, 188, 5, 152, 5, 170, 8,128,146,8,135,8,144,5,8,191,162,5,8,134,187])
sounds=phrase([200, 201, 202, 203, 220, 221, 222] * 10)
class speakjet(object):
def init(self,port='/dev/ttyAM1'):
self.s=serial.Serial(port,
9600,
serial.EIGHTBITS,
serial.PARITY_NONE,
serial.STOPBITS_ONE)
time.sleep(1)
def say(self,s):
self.s.write(s)
time.sleep(1)
def close(self):
self.s.close()
if name=='main':
sp=speakjet()
sp.say(aybabtu)
sp.close()

flowcontrol! i always get a high on breakout pin 3...??? heeelp!

Can you use the other pins since they are connected to the event pins?

Killer Spud - you just saved me a whole lot of work. I just got this board and started playing with it today. Having the second string play twice was driving me up the wall. I thought I was doing something wrong, myself.
Is there a way to preload strings and play them with events? The EEPROM space seems to be awfully small for this kind of thing. What I'd like to do is create 5 or 10 phrases in Japanese (i.e. Hello, good morning, mama, Martha Martha the aliens have landed) and have them play based on various switches opening and closing on the arduino.
And, is there a way to get rid of that "ready" phrase? I don't want it playing all the time.

I ran into a bit of a hurdle using the sample code. I always found that the second string would play twice, this was caused by the .print() function skipping from the first string to the second without stopping. A terminating character is needed to force .print() to stop sending (and not send arbitrary data) such as a 0).
for example:
char message[] = {20, 4, . . . , 191, 0};
btw, I got a little confused by the way the compiler would optimize the second string out if it was never referenced.

Combine this with the cellular shield for prank calling fun?

No, it's working fine now. If you look at the pro 328 page it tells you to select duemilanove as the board in the arduino ide, I had been picking pro. All is well.

My fault. I had picked 'arduino pro' as the board instead of 'duemilanove'.

I'll see if I can get any other code to run on it first.

It looks like my arduino pro is hosed. It works when I use a duemilanove.
It doesn't give me any errors when I upload to the board though.
Sparkfun did send my arduino pro in the same box as their speaker, which has a big magnet in it. That didn't damage the arduino, did it?

I seem to be having some issues with the sample code. My voice shield gives a 'ready' when it powers on, but when I load the code up it gives a couple of the phoenemes in 'all your base' but most of the words are replaced with random sound fx like the 'ping' sfx. Are the codes in the sample out of date?
This is stacked on an arduino pro 328.