<s>
was	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
utility	O
that	O
used	O
a	O
predefined	O
set	O
of	O
rules	O
to	O
turn	O
a	O
file	O
of	O
English	O
text	O
into	O
phoneme	O
data	O
compatible	O
with	O
a	O
Federal	O
Screw	O
Works	O
(	O
later	O
Votrax	B-Application
)	O
model	O
VS4	O
"	O
Votrax	B-Application
"	O
Speech	O
Synthesizer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
included	O
in	O
Unix	B-Application
v3	O
and	O
possibly	O
later	O
ones	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
OS-end	O
support	O
files	O
and	O
help	O
files	O
persisting	O
until	O
v6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
least	O
three	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
man	B-Protocol
page	I-Protocol
are	O
known	O
to	O
still	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
1st	O
Edition	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
in	O
1973	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
intention	O
of	O
the	O
algorithm	O
is	O
to	O
convert	O
any	O
English	O
text	O
into	O
Votrax	B-Application
Phoneme	O
codes	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
played	O
back/recited	O
by	O
a	O
Federal	O
Screw	O
Works	O
"	O
Votrax	B-Application
"	O
speech	O
synthesizer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
later	O
(	O
1976	O
)	O
,	O
simpler	O
text-to-speech	O
algorithm	O
developed	O
jointly	O
by	O
Votrax	B-Application
and	O
the	O
U.S.	O
</s>
