|  S.A.M. +4 | | Title: | S.A.M. +4 | | Category: | Utility/Music | | Release Date: | 1988 | | Language: | English | | Size: | 64K | | Machine: | PAL & NTSC | | Code Type: | Machine code | | Distribution: | Freeware | | |  | | Converted by: | Pigmy | | Notes: | A speech emulator, converted from C64. S.A.M. is short for "Software Automatic Mouth". |
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| | Description | S.A.M. implements these new BASIC commands:
SAY (string variable or string): Commands SAM to speak.
]PITCH n (default 64) Sets SAM's pitch value to n.
]SPEED n (default 72) Sets SAM's speed value to n.
]LIGHT n (default 0) Removes the screen display if n=0, leaves the screen display if n = 1. SAM sounds best with the display removed.
]SAM (default mode) Puts SAM into the phonetic input mode.
]RECITER Puts SAM into the English input mode.
]KNOBS n,m (default 128,128) Allows you to change SAM's voice. Set the "mouth" value with n and the "throat" value with m.
]ERROR SAM beeps twice when an incorrect phoneme spelling is detected. To find out where the error occurred, use this command.
]LOGO Should displays a message, but does not appear to work in the +4 version.
]QUIT Removes the SAM wedge (SAM commands will stop working).
By default, SAM is in phonetic input mode. These are the valid phonemes:
VOWELS
| IY | f(ee)t | | IH | p(i)n | | EH | beg | | AE | Sam | | AA | pot | | AH | b(u)dget | | AO | t(al)k | | OH | cone | | UH | book | | UX | l(oo)t | | ER | bird | | AX | gall(o)n | | IX | dig(i)t |
DIPHTHONGS
| EY | m(a)de | | AY | h(igh) | | OY | boy | | AW | h(ow) | | OW | slow | | UW | crew |
SPECIAL PHONEMES
| UL | sett(le) (=AXL) | | UM | astron(omy) (=AXM) | | UN | functi(on) (=AXN) | | Q | kitt-en (glottal stop) |
VOICED CONSONANTS
| R | red | | L | allow | | W | away | | W | whale | | Y | you | | M | Sam | | N | man | | NX | so(ng) | | B | bad | | D | dog | | G | again | | J | judge | | Z | zoo | | ZH | plea(s)ure | | V | seven | | DH | (th)en |
UNVOICED CONSONANTS
| S | Sam | | SH | fish | | F | fish | | TH | thin | | P | poke | | T | talk | | K | cake | | CH | speech | | /H | a(h)ead |
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