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* WEREVIEWTHEDANCECRAZEGAMES* KEYBOARDrMUSICALADD-ONS GUIDE*
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JUST IMAGINE
• Y O U R COMPUTER TALKING TO YOU IN
A REAL HUM AN VOICE. . . .
• Y O U R COMPUTER UNDERSTANDING
WHAT YOU SAY. . .
• B E I N G ABLE TO WRITE MUSIC AND PLAY
AN INSTRUMENT JUST BY HUMMING.
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THE VOICE MASTER WORD
RECOGNITION
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Speech recogn000n - the technology of tomorrow \ \
is available today. enabling you to give verbal
comrnands to your computer. It is very easy to
use. Store me words or phrases to be recognised,
using the TRAIN command. Gve RECOGNISE
command and the computer will understand the
•,,mo s it has been trained to recognise
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Sophisticated pattern matching alognthrn
used for word recognition and there is a delay of
less than 500 truth seconds State of the aft
signal processing anti dynarroc time warping
techniques ensure high performance.
THE VOICE MASTER
SPEECH SYNTHESISER
THE V O KE MASTER ENABLES YOUR
COMPUTER TO SPEAK I N YOUR VOICE
THE VOICE MASTER - VOICE HARP
Voice Harp is a totally new musical concept
With Voice Master powefful software. you can
actually compose and perform music on real time
simply by humming, whistiirkg or singing. It doesn't
matter i f you can't read music. Your voice or
whistle pitch will Ante the notes for you includtng
duration and rests
As you hum or vshistle the notes scroll Dy
on the video display. You can edit the notes.
play them back, saoll them back and forth_
deleting a n d correcting them , w h e n
finished, the score can be printed out,
In a l e performance m ode. y ou can
cnange octaves, musical keys or add chords
Even if you can't sing or have a sense of pitch. the
vOICE MASTER will show you how easy it is to
stay in tune
IN ANY LANGUAGE ANDWITH
ANY ACCENT.
The Voice Master Speech Synthesiser
The Voice Master enables r u r computer to
speak in your o insA ce, in any language
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arid with a ny accent.
To record speech, use the command
LEARN and speak into the microphone. To
play back, use the SPEAK Command. Up to 64
different words, phrases of Sounds can be
stored in the computer at one time.
You can control the recording rate, play
back speed, and volume for special effects.
You can even program to speak backwards,
It is easy to use, Examples are inCluded in
the Manual to make it easy to add speech to
programs
OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES
A laat g a p .' display of speech is provided wroth is similar to a real tie r spectrograph Voice tundamentil p la t is also
shown in real erne
A major advantage of the Voice Master vystern is that word reCOgreson and speech synthesis can work together
The Voce &taster cornei completely with a quality head set rrocrophore and earphone Isirrilar to what tetephone
operators and pilots use], speech synthesn spe e ch recognition. voice riatp software and detailed instrutticei manual
Demor6tra1ion clock arid otte r programs are included in the sofrware A detailed nanual with eparnprs explart ev to
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APRIL 1985
5 NEWS
Latest news and views f rom the Commodore world —
including a new 'zap wit h Supergran' game
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1 2 BETTER SOUNDS FROM SID
Cover supplied by Rex Features Ltd.
The fi nal part of our SID series looks at ways of producing
better and more complex sounds — there's a demo program too
PEOPLE
Editor E u g e n e Lacey
Deputy Editor B u h d a n Buclak
Staff Writer M i k e Pattenden
Design, Production L y n d a Skerry
Contributors C h r i s Durham
lolm Ransley D a n Gutman
Fred Reid
T o m
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Advertising Manager
Julie Madigan
Advertisement Executive
Julia West
Advertisement copy control
Josephine Collins
Publisher
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2 aKEYBOARDS FOR YOUR 64
We've rounded up five plug-in-and-go keyboards for the 64,
from the cheapest to the priciest. How did they compare?
DRAWINGFOR
3 1 PROFESSIONALS
Computer-aided-design is all the rage right now. And wit h
a program called Cadpack. you can do it on your 64. Chris Durham
draws some conclusions
3 7 MICRO-WA RADIO
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Part 2 — how to build a simple morse receive interface.
Too complicated? You can buy one, too
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6 3 VICTUALS
Another batch of type-ins for Vic.
64, 16 and Plus•4
7 6 BUSINESS USER
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