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Texas Instruments Super Speak & Spell

Date of introduction:	1989	Display technology:	LCD
New price:		Display size:	2*8 alphanumeric
Size:	11" x 8" x 2"
Weight:	1 pound 3 ounces	Serial No:
Batteries:	4*C cells	Date of manufacture:	wk 43 year 1989
AC-Adapter:		Origin of manufacture:	USA
Precision:		Integrated circuits:	TSP50C42 or TSP50C10/CSM10087, CMM18004, HD44780
Memories:
Program steps:		Courtesy of:	Joerg Woerner

With the Super Speak & line Texas Instruments introduced educational toys similar to the well known kids-computers with there small LCD-screens and ASCII-keyboards. From the technical aspect this Super Speak & Spell uses a standard voice synthesizer chip (TSP50C42) with an external Speech-ROM (TSP60C18) and some external components. Starting with the year 1991 the Super Speak & Spell used the TSP50C10 chip. A similar product was sold for math education, view the Super Speak & Math.

The Super Speak & Spell is the successor of the Speak & Spell. Two years later with the Super Speak & Spell (91) a mixture of the original design and the modern electronics was born.

Very similar technology can be found in the Computer Fun, Mouse Computer and the Touch & Discover.

Super Speak & Spell will do:

	Spell It - Helps you learn basic spelling skills, just as you do in school
	Drop It - Helps you see how new words are made by adding prefixes and suffixes.
	Memory - Helps with letter recognition and visual memory skills
	Mystery - Helps you understand letter patterns in words, and helps develop visual memory
	Mix Up - Presents word patterns and the relationships between letter sounds and spelling
	Same As - Gives you practice with homophones (words that sound alike, but are spelled differently)
	A.C.E. - (Abbreviations, Contractions, Endings) - Helps you learn how to make abbreviations and contractions and how to add endings to words
	Race - Helps you with fast recall, accurate spelling, and touch-typing skills

The toy is intended for players ages 6 to 12.

Three different Super Speak & Spell Cartridge Libraries are known:

Name	Grade	Words	Description	Module	Wordlist
Words, Words, Words		150	Expands spell vocabulary by 150 hard to spell words.
Words Around Us		150	Increases vocubulary by 150 specialized words. Topics include sports, geography and food words.

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