I remember in the 80s of last century there was a speech synthesis software I had on an 8 bit computer that accepted either normal text, or phonetic notation that had extra modifiers for basic things like "make this a question" etc.
Do you remember what that was? Dectalk was around in the 80s and so might’ve been that, but it wasn’t a generally available thing. Dr Sbaitso was common, but that wasn’t until 91/92.
Yes I do, it was a Commodore 64 cartridge called "Black Box 8". And it spoke Polish with the right accent with all the sounds not present in English etc.
I read back then that it was domestic Polish make, but back then there was no such thing as IP protection so it is very likely it was based on work of Denic Klatt(same as DECtalk). When I heard some DECtalk recordings in a youtube video not long ago it immediately reminded me nded me of Commodore 64 Black Box 8. Although DECtalk spoke in English and black box 8 spoke in Polish there is some similarity that can be heard in their voices(not pitch - this was a user setting, but more of a rhythm if it makes sense)
