It consisted of a stand-alone computer hardware and a specialized software that implemented a
diphone-synthesis technology. It was one of the first real-time TTS systems. It was able to read Italian in intellegibile robotic voice and also to sing managing up to 8 synthesis channels in parallel thanks to
Linear predictive coding technology. In 1978 it was released, after the building of a working prototype, a
45" rpm audio disk containing some trial content of such synthesis, including the song
"Fra Martino Campanaro" in "
a cappella" (multiple voices) style, attached to some commercial reviews. The experiment was conducted by
CSELT,
Turin,
Italy and was led by
Giulio Modena. == See also ==