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Texas Instruments Speak & Read (Type 2)
| Date of introduction: | 1986 | Display technology: | Fluorescent |
| New price: | Display size: | 9 alphanumeric | |
| Size: | 10" x 7" x 1.3" | ||
| Weight: | 17 ounces | Serial No: | |
| Batteries: | 4*C cells | Date of manufacture: | year 1986 |
| AC-Adapter: | AC9199 | Origin of manufacture: | USA |
| Precision: | Integrated circuits: | CD2705, TMC0280 (CD2801), 2 * TMC0350 (CD2394,2395) | |
| Memories: | |||
| Program steps: | Courtesy of: | Joerg Woerner | |
| Download manual: | 
(US: 2.877 kB) |
This
model from the year 1986 got a slightly changed keyboard design. View the
original Speak & Read here.
Other products in the Speak & line cover spelling words and math. Compare this Speak & Read with both Speak & Spell and Speak & Math.
Dont't miss the appearance of the Speak & Spell in the movie „E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial“. Do you know Qubais Reed Ghazala ? Get more tunes from your Speak & Read with circuit-bending.
Few years later the Super Speak & Read with the position sensitive keyboard technology was introduced.
In 1986 we knew a total of 8 different plug-in modules for the Speak & Read, a comprehensive overview including the wordlists could be found here.
If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.
© Joerg Woerner, December 5, 2001. No reprints without written permission.