circuit bending is not hard and really really fucking cool man!
and i installed midi on my SK1, so installing midi on a speak and spell shouldnt be to hard either.
I think reed put one up on his sight somewhere

got a speak and spell lying around, this looks like a fantastic weekend project

Mods begin and end with Casper Electronics' work.
http://casperelectronics.com/finished-p … l-bending/

If you like solder and write some code, you can also doing similar with a open source midi speak and spell. http://noizeinabox.blogspot.com/

Great kits! I installed one and sold the thing on eBay for like $300.

I've got a midispeak kit gathering dust that I'd sell for $30 shipped, if you're interested

Awesome. Will update with pics after I modify the living daylights out of it! XD

the highly liquid kits are quite amazing.  very good product.  i've got one installed in a speak and math and it works really wonderfully

MIDISpeak is good fun if you're into MIDI:

http://highlyliquid.com/kits/midispeak/

No problem! I really wish I knew what happened to my old Speak and Spell from when I was a kid. They look like a ton of fun to bend and record with. I'd like to hear what you do with yours!

Thanks, man! I can't check those out right now, but as soon as I get a chance I'll definitely be looking at those.

This site had some good info for basic circuit bending as well as how to hook up and audio out. http://www.oscillateur.com/circuitbending/faq And if you really want to go all out, this site has a kit to hook up a MIDI port to it! http://highlyliquid.com/kits/midispeak/

You can circuit bend the crap out of a speak and spell. The ROM slot was for specific games and lessons. Not sure of anything for recording purposes. You can put a 1/4" or 1/8" jack on it as well to easily record, or do live performances. Here's a site I found that had some good info on a Speak and Read http://makezine.com/extras/32.html  There are quite a few things out there for these little toys, just google search "circuit bend Speak and Spell". You'll turn up a lot of stuff, from videos to tutorials and what not. Hope this helps.

So I have an old Speak & Spell laying around my house, and I think it would be fun to use it for something other than gathering dust. I'm just wondering how I should go about this.
I was thinking that I was just going to make it say say the words I want, then record that and import it into Audacity and edit the length and pitch of the words/syllables in there, but that seems like a really complicated and time-consuming way to go about this.
Is there a better way to do this? Are there mods I can do? I know there is a cartridge slot, is there a cart/ROM I can buy? Is there a special jack that I can hook up a keyboard to? Is there a better software to use for the above method?

Please Help. ;~;