Photo: Orginal photo © Bill Bertram 2006, editing by user:Tomhannen (CC BY-SA 2.5) via Wikimedia Commons
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Speak & Spell
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The story
Texas Instruments' Speak & Spell landed in British toy shops around 1980, promising to teach children spelling with a robotic voice that read words aloud for them to type back correctly. Its flat, buzzing electronic drawl became instantly recognisable, and the toy went on to appear in one of the decade's biggest films before eventually disappearing from shelves as home computers took over.
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The story
Texas Instruments' Speak & Spell landed in British toy shops around 1980, promising to teach children spelling with a robotic voice that read words aloud for them to type back correctly. Its flat, buzzing electronic drawl became instantly recognisable, and the toy went on to appear in one of the decade's biggest films before eventually disappearing from shelves as home computers took over.
Come back tomorrow for a new quiz!