Electronic voice alert

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Electronic voice alert ( EVA , electronically spoken warning message ) was in the mid-1980s an auditory display in the voice output of some American vehicles that were built on the Chrysler K platform and that was supplied at an additional cost.

Chrysler and Dodge used the technology of the Texas Instruments LPC voice chips , which was also used in the Speak & Spell toys. The EVA automatically reduced the volume of the car radio and gave eleven different spoken warnings to the driver through an electronic voice synthesizer - chip out.

Digital fluorescent instrument cluster from a Dodge 600 built in 1984

The EVA was available in 24 different car models. It was available in the Chrysler LeBaron (optional Mark Cross Edition ), Chrysler Town & Country , Chrysler Fifth Avenue , Chrysler New Yorker , Dodge Daytona / Chrysler Laser, and Dodge 600 between 1983 and 1988 . Models sold in Canada came in both English and French and a Spanish language version for cars sold in Mexico .

In general, the devices were coupled with a digital instrument cluster with a fluorescent display, which was heat and cold-resistant and corresponded to the state of the art at the time. The inputs of the EVA were connected to the lamps of the instrument cluster. The warnings that light up in the instrument cluster were output by the EVA as stored acoustic warning messages.

The system became a nuisance for many drivers because it constantly warned them, e. B. put on the seat belt and they pulled the appropriate fuse to deactivate it, which also partially switched off the fuel gauge . In later models, the voice output could be switched off using a switch in the glove compartment .

More cars with voice output

A similar system was offered in the Nissan 300ZX , 200SX and Maxima GL and GLE models from 1984 to 1986 . With these models, the messages were played by a shock-resistant miniature record player , similar to what was found in talking dolls . In order to select the corresponding message, only the angle of rotation as the starting point of the record was adjusted, as the record contained several grooves in the same spiral.

Individual evidence

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  3. ^ Speak and Spell ( en ) Hackaday. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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  8. ^ Bob Johnson: Computerworld ( en ). IDG Enterprise, Feb. 21, 1983, p. 23.
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  10. ↑ a b Kyle Smith: Chrysler's talking K-car was oh-so-1980s . In: www.hagerty.com . Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  11. ^ Chrysler Electronic Voice Alert Identification . In: www.stanwatkins.com . Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  12. ↑ This hacker got a Chrysler Electronic Voice Alert system to talk again . In: Autoweek . Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DwKqCZlKnw
  14. ↑ a b List of circuit breakers of the vehicle , accessed March 11, 2019.
  15. ^ Stan Watkins's EVA page
  16. ↑ Classic for 5000 euros: Chrysler New Yorker . In: autobild.de . Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8h6mfFHaaE
  18. ↑ Wanda James: Driving from Japan: Japanese Cars in America ( en ). McFarland, Jan. 1, 2005, ISBN 9780786417346 , p. 93.
  19. ^ When cars talked using tiny phonograph records: Nissan's Voice Warning system . In: Autoweek . Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  20. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsMRxNSDccc

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