<s>
Chipspeech	B-Application
is	O
a	O
vocal	O
synthesizer	O
software	O
which	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Plogue	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
recreating	O
1980s	O
synthesizers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chipspeech	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
produce	O
vintage-style	O
vocals	O
from	O
synthesizers	O
that	O
were	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
music	O
industry	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
having	O
a	O
cut	O
off	O
date	O
of	O
1989	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
works	O
as	O
a	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
as	O
simple	O
as	O
Vocaloid	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chipspeech	B-Application
itself	O
as	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
research	O
for	O
Chipsounds	O
by	O
Plogue	O
in	O
the	O
2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
obsession	O
eventually	O
lead	O
to	O
further	O
events	O
which	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Chipspeech	B-Application
software	O
after	O
he	O
spent	O
years	O
hacking	O
,	O
protoboard	O
making	O
,	O
probing	O
,	O
and	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
the	O
speech	O
chips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
main	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
singing	O
emulator	O
and	O
not	O
a	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plogue	O
itself	O
gained	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
speech	O
data	O
from	O
three	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
games	O
(	O
Alpiner	B-Application
,	O
Parsec	B-Application
and	O
Moon	O
Mine	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
internal	O
vocabulary	O
of	O
the	O
TI	O
Speech	O
Device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Chipspeech	B-Application
will	O
be	O
receiving	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
talk	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
sing	O
in	O
its	O
next	O
major	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chipspeech	B-Application
also	O
was	O
exported	O
to	O
Japan	O
during	O
June	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
the	B-Application
Voder	I-Application
and	O
Software	B-Application
Automatic	I-Application
Mouth	I-Application
were	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
coming	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
chipspeech	B-Application
AUTOMATE	O
SONGS	O
.01	O
"	O
and	O
includes	O
a	O
cover	O
of	O
the	O
song	O
Stakker	O
Humanoid	O
using	O
Otto	O
Mozer	O
,	O
whose	O
vocal	O
is	O
an	O
emulation	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
synthesizer	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
samples	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
Berzerk	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vocals	O
are	O
split	O
between	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
characters	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
,	O
Daisy	O
from	O
Alter/Ego	B-Application
could	O
be	O
imported	O
into	O
the	O
software	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Bert	O
Gotrax	O
:	O
This	O
is	O
a	O
vocal	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Votrax	B-Application
SC-01	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lady	O
Parsec	B-Application
:	O
She	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
plug-in	O
speech	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lady	O
Parsec	B-Application
also	O
has	O
an	O
HD	O
vocal	O
called	O
,	O
Lady	O
Parsec	B-Application
HD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lady	O
Parsec	B-Application
is	O
the	O
omnipotent	O
mother-of-all	O
space	O
traffic	O
controllers	O
,	O
she	O
's	O
the	O
Benevolent	O
Dictator	O
of	O
Her	O
own	O
matriarchal	O
galactic	O
queendom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
has	O
two	O
vocals	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
characters	O
;	O
"	O
Lady	O
Parsec	B-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
Lady	O
Parsec	B-Application
HD	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dandy	O
704	O
:	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
704	I-Device
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dee	O
Klatt	O
:	O
Based	O
on	O
Dectalk	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spencer	O
AL2	O
:	O
Based	O
on	O
the	O
SP0256-AL2	B-Application
chip	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminal	O
99	O
:	O
also	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
plug-in	O
speech	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminal	O
99	O
is	O
an	O
extremely	O
old	O
TI	B-Device
99/4A	I-Device
computer	O
,	O
decked	O
out	O
with	O
tons	O
of	O
mysterious	O
extra	O
hardware	O
expansions	O
including	O
the	O
famous	O
TI	O
voice	O
module	O
internally	O
retrofitted	O
,	O
buzzing	O
and	O
whirling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAM	O
:	O
Based	O
on	O
Software	B-Application
Automatic	I-Application
Mouth	I-Application
's	O
synthesizer	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voder	B-Application
:	O
Based	O
on	O
the	O
Bell	O
Labs	O
Voder	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chipspeech	B-Application
allowed	O
a	O
nostalgic	O
approach	O
to	O
vocal	O
synthesizing	O
with	O
its	O
resulting	O
vocals	O
coming	O
purely	O
from	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2016	O
,	O
Chipspeech	B-Application
topped	O
the	O
virtual	O
instrument	O
top	O
25	O
rankings	O
at	O
Sonicwire	O
,	O
owned	O
by	O
Crypton	O
Future	O
Media	O
,	O
beating	O
their	O
Vocaloids	B-Application
products	O
such	O
as	O
Hatsune	O
Miku	O
which	O
normally	O
dominated	O
their	O
rankings	O
.	O
</s>
