---
title: "Give a Voice to Your QL"
type: "article"
slug: "give-a-voice-to-your-ql"
url: "http://localhost/article/give-a-voice-to-your-ql/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/give-a-voice-to-your-ql.md"
published_at: "2026-03-13T17:36:44+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-22T19:24:47+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Hardware project for adding speech synthesis to the Sinclair QL by connecting a B.G. Micro text-to-speech board via the RS-232 serial interface. Covers wiring and configuration to enable spoken output from QL programs."
category:
  - name: "The RAMTOP"
    slug: "the-ramtop"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/the-ramtop/"
post_tag:
  - name: "Hardware project"
    slug: "hardware-project"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/hardware-project/"
  - name: "QL"
    slug: "ql"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ql/"
  - name: "Speech synthesis"
    slug: "speech-synthesis"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/speech-synthesis/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair QL"
    slug: "sinclair-ql"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/sinclair-ql/"
genre:
  - name: "Speech Synthesis"
    slug: "speech-synthesis"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/speech-synthesis/"
publication_r:
  id: 39272
  title: "The RAMTOP"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/the-ramtop/"
issues_articles:
  - id: 50268
    title: "The RAMTOP Mar-Apr 1989"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/the-ramtop-mar-apr-1989/"
pages: "1"
pubdate: "Mar-Apr 1989"
archive_link: false
---

Hardware project for adding speech synthesis to the Sinclair QL by connecting a B.G. Micro text-to-speech board via the RS-232 serial interface. Covers wiring and configuration to enable spoken output from QL programs.