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====First speech synthesis chip====
In 1978, Texas Instruments introduced the first single-chip [[linear predictive coding]] [[speech synthesizer]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.datamath.org/Speech_IC.htm | work = Datamath Calculator Museum | title = Texas Instruments Speech – Integrated Circuits | access-date = September 7, 2008 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080510152744/http://www.datamath.org/Speech_IC.htm | archive-date = May 10, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> In 1976, TI began a feasibility study of memory-intensive applications for bubble memory then being developed. They soon focused on speech applications. This resulted in the development of the TMC0280 one-chip linear predictive coding  speech synthesizer, which was the first time a single silicon chip had electronically replicated the human voice.<ref name="TITimeLine">[http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/company/history/interactivetimeline.shtml TI web site history page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609012716/http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/company/history/interactivetimeline.shtml |date=June 9, 2007 }},(c. 2008), (HTML), Texas Instruments, accessed September 6, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/speechsynthesis/ss_ti.htm “Smithsonian Speech Synthesis History Project”] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121151619/http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/speechsynthesis/ss_ti.htm |date=November 21, 2008 }}, accessed September 7, 2008</ref> This was used in several TI commercial products beginning with [[Speak & Spell (toy)|Speak & Spell]], which was introduced at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show in June 1978. In 2001, TI left the speech synthesis business, selling it to Sensory Inc. of Santa Clara, California.<ref name="TI will exit dedicated speech-synthesis chips, transfer products to Sensory">{{cite web |url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4102385/TI-will-exit-dedicated-speech-synthesis-chips-transfer-products-to-Sensory |title=TI will exit dedicated speech-synthesis chips, transfer products to Sensory |access-date=2016-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528014257/http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4102385/TI-will-exit-dedicated-speech-synthesis-chips-transfer-products-to-Sensory |archive-date=May 28, 2012 |df=mdy-all |date=June 14, 2001 |publisher=EE Times }}</ref>