Apple II Echo II card and speaker

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue Sep 10 15:41:20 2002

At 03:39 AM 9/10/02 -0700, you wrote:
>On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, chris wrote:
>
>> I just aquired an Apple II "Echo II" card and speaker box. I don't get
>> how to connect the speaker box. It has a Din 5 connector, but no where
>> on the card is any place to connect it. The card has a 2 pin plug for
>> routing the Apple internal speaker, and has a 1/8 inch phono jack for an
>> external speaker.
>
>I have no idea where the DIN connector would go. I don't think I've ever
>seen an Echo card with that.
>
>> Also, maybe I misunderstood what this thing does. I thought it was
>> basically a sound card for the Apple II series, but the box has a "rate"
>> dial, and the company that makes it is the "American Printing House for
>> the Blind" (based on a product label on the underside of the speaker
>> box).
>>
>> Is this thing some kind of voice box? What software do I need to make it
>> work?
>
>It also does speech synthesis with the supplied software. If you don't
>have the software then I can probably make a copy for you as I know
>exactly where my disks are.

   I could use a copy if you don't mind. I have one of those cards too. Is there anything special about the speaker box? (Is it amplified?) I didn't get the box with mine.

   FWIW a Google search founds plenty of hits about the Echo cards. They were widely used in computers that were specially set up for the handicapped. Lots of hits and lots of uses but very few had any technical info.

    Joe
Received on Tue Sep 10 2002 - 15:41:20 BST