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Texas Instruments Libro Parlante

Date of introduction:	1982	Display technology:	n.a.
New price:		Display size:
Size:	10" x 14.5" x 1.6"
Weight:	2 pounds 4 ounces	Serial No:
Batteries:	2*D cells	Date of manufacture:	wk 45 year 1982
AC-Adapter:		Origin of manufacture:	Italy
Precision:		Integrated circuits:	CD8012, CD2802 Module: CD62176
Memories:
Program steps:		Courtesy of:	Joerg Woerner

Nothing else than a Touch & Tell with Italian voices stored in the Speech-ROM.

The Libro Parlante was distributed in the 80s like some other Texas Instruments products by Clementoni.

The pictured Libro Parlante was manufactured already in 1982 and makes use of a simple approach: The printed circuit board (PCB) is identical with the Touch & Tell introduced one year earlier but lacks the Speech-ROM. Instead of it the Expansion Port of the toy is populated with a small, white module.

This module looks like the well known Expansion-ROM's of the original Touch & Tell.

Removing the cover of the module reveals with the TMC0350 (CD62176) the well known Voice Synthesis Memory (VSM) family introduced with the first version of the Speak & Spell. The "Custom Design 62176" holds obviously the Italian voice of the Libro Parlante.

Later models of the Libro Parlante include the same Speech-ROM on the main printed circuit board (PCB).

The next evolution step is the more advanced SuperLibro Parlante.

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