Texas Instruments El Loro Parlanchín

This wonderful hybride uses the housing of the original Speak & Spell from 1980 with the modern electronics of the first Super Speak & Spell. 

The English speaking sibbling of this Spanish talking El Loro Parlanchin was called Super Speak & Spell, too.

Dismantling the toy reveals a high-sophisticated printed circuit board with three main components:

The main differences between the different Super Speak & Spell sibblings are the Speech-ROM's:

The toy is intended for players ages 6 to 11.

We know with El Loro Profesor a second Spansih speaking version of the Super Speak & Spell. From the manufactureing codes we assume that the El Loro Profesor is the successor of the El Loro Parlanchin. 

A similiar product was introduced in France with the La Super Dictée Magique and in Italy with the Grillo Parlante Piu.

Tired of the blue line? Believe it or not, customers in China enjoyed already in 1990 their own "Professor" in bright red colors.

One El Loro Parlanchin Library is known:

Please find the manuals of the listed modules in the Download Section of the Datamath Calculator Museum.

If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.

© Joerg Woerner, May 6, 2007. No reprints without written permission.