Speak & Spell children’s toy that has been circuit bent.

Made:
1978-1992; 2011 in United States and London
maker:
Texas Instruments Limited
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Speak & Spell children’s toy that has been circuit bent for the purpose of making electronic music. Speak & Spell is an educational children’s toy aimed to help children age 7+ to correctly spell and pronounce commonly misspelled words, using synthetic speech technology. The toy has been in production between 1978 and 1992 and was created by Texas Instruments Incorporated, 7839 Churchill Way, MS 3995, Dallas, TX 75251, USA. This model has been ‘circuit bent’, through customisation of the circuits and added buttons the sounds it was originally intended to make can be adjusted. This toy has been circuit bent by Andy Wheddon in 2011.

This brightly coloured jumble of knobs, switches and buttons was created by Andy Wheddon, an electronic musician and record label owner. Wheddon described it as a toy that had been 'modified through the creative use of short circuiting inside... all of this has an effect on the sound that the toy makes. So it takes it from being a standard learning aid to a generator of all sorts of unusual beeps and squeaks and squelches.'

Details

Category:
Acoustics
Object Number:
2011-109
Materials:
plastic (unidentified), metal (unknown) and electronic components
Measurements:
overall: 80 mm x 175 mm x 255 mm, 1 kg
type:
toy
credit:
Purchased

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