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SpellSynth: Retro Vocal Synth by Chih Han Lin (Released)
https://apps.apple.com/app/id6762822700
SpellSynth is a playable love-letter to the 1978 spelling toy that
taught a generation to read — rebuilt for iPhone and iPad, with four
game modes and a crunchy VFD display.
Tap a letter and it speaks. Type a word and SpellSynth reads it back.
No accounts, no ads, no internet — just a pocket-sized speech toy that
your kids (and you) can pick up for thirty seconds or thirty minutes.
• FREE PLAY — type letters and words, hear every one spoken aloud.
The retro segmented display animates every keystroke.
• SPELL — SpellSynth says a word. You spell it. Three mistakes and
you get the answer, then try a new one. Tap HINT to reveal a
letter when you're stuck.
• MYSTERY WORD — the classic "guess the hidden word" game. You get
the category and the first letter free; pick letters until the word
reveals itself. Six wrong guesses and it's game over.
• SAY IT — listen-and-repeat mode for pronunciation practice.
SpellSynth spells the word letter by letter, then says it whole. Tap
REPEAT to hear it again, NEXT for a new word.
BUNDLED AUDIO UNIT (AUv3)
SpellSynth ships with an AUv3 instrument extension, so the same voice
engine loads inside GarageBand, Logic Pro, AUM, Cubasis, and any other
AUv3-compatible host. MIDI notes trigger letters; onboard parameters
let you pitch, stretch, and warp the voices into something new. Perfect
for producers chasing that Kraftwerk / Stereolab / Broadcast sound.
BUILT FOR KIDS, SHAPED FOR PARENTS
• Completely offline. No sign-up, no account, no data collection.
• No ads. No in-app purchases. No external links.
• No camera, no microphone, no location access.
• Works on iPhone and iPad. No internet required after install.
WORD LIBRARY
• 90+ pre-recorded words with a clean retro voice.
• Add your own vocabulary list — the app falls back to the iOS
speech synthesiser for custom entries.
Details:
Universal: Yes
Minimum OS version: 26.0
Comments
Interesting.
Cool release.
All new apps are going to be a ‘who goes first?’ from now on… 👀
Lol. Yeah, not me. Gonna wait to see who "takes the bait". I know it's $3, but one never knows.
“Compatible with GarageBand “
“MIDI generated notes”
Now anybody who has used GarageBand for any extended period knows how GB reacts to MIDI…
I'm not familiar with the voice (it's a fairly clean female voice rather than the classic Speak n' Spell low-bitrate croak), and it won't read words (yet - I imagine there will be an update). Feels a bit unready at this stage.
I bought it and I regret it. Doesn’t sound anything like a Speak and Spell. The screen orientation is weird. I felt three dollars wasn’t a big deal, but it’s nothing close to what I was expecting that now I regret spending the three dollars. I’ll try to refund but Apple has been weak and rejected the last two times I’ve requested refunds for other apps. Most recently Drop Forge.
Apple rejected my Drop Forge refund, and that of someone else I know. Despite the fact that when I appealed I sent them the link to the store and told them, look, the dev has actually withdrawn the app...
Hence I say, tons of crap vibe coded apps coming out will be bad for this scene
Oh, wow, they turned down your appeal - that’s ridiculous. Bloody Apple!!!
I-T_I-S_A_B-U-M-M-E-R
Exactly what I suspected. I had a strong suspicion it was gonna not sound a damn thing like it.
Definitely. I don’t think it’ll hurt any of the truly established devs with good reputations but it’s gonna be hard for anyone new (and legit) to break through. It’s gonna be especially bad for folks just getting into the iOS music scene too because they won’t have the same points of reference we have . They won’t know what to watch out for . All I know is I’m glad I got in here 4 years ago vs now
For that nostalgic speak and spell itch...
Anyone know if any circuit bends or audio glitches are in here? It’s the most circuit bent toy ever almost so it seems logical… of course you can mangle after as it’s auv3 but I want the glitches included
Retro interface for the sake of selling nostalgia, but without the sound that would be the only reason to own this app. Looks like a trap to me.
Just get Speaking of Witch if you want synthesized voices for your music. I'm enjoying the hell out of it.
Drambo has a voice module that blows this out of the water (no offense)
If this handled the voice api just right, it could be a one-trick app with its usage and space
Yeah, it appears that is something that's going to be a real problem soon. I've also appealed, so I'll let you know if that appeal goes through, but I'm not holding my breath. Perhaps I should have just lied and said I accidentally purchased it. That seems to have a higher return rate, which is a bit ridiculous in this situation.
No, it's pretty much ripped off the function and layout of a Speak and Spell, but without that grainy voice we all remember from childhood. It's a very low effort app, that I assume they strapped the synth part onto in an attempt to take money from saps like myself. That certainly would have made it a lot cooler.
Let me just say, I'm not one to cry over $3, but the way this is advertised, and layed out, made me a bit irritated. I think it was more the excitement of getting that narly sound, only to be given the most generic AI 'robotic' voice that got me. The old bait and switch.
thx, looks lke its not my bag!
Fully agree. Made the mistake of buying this as well and requested a refund immediately. We will see...
I find it strange that there is this "Right of Withdrawl" or whatever the exact wording in the refund requests is, and that Apple still can refuse to grant something that seems to be a legal right.
You can't be rejected if you use Right of Withdrawal. That's not available everywhere. I used my China AppStore account. Right of Withdrawal is not an option there. I used Other as the reason and explained in the text box that the app was broken, that it had been withdrawn from sale already, and so on. To no avail...
If you are lucky enough to have Right of Withdrawal as an option, always use that option.
Hi there. I know many of you had beef with this app when it first came out - and there were lots of issues. But i bought it and the updates have been good. Anyone else think so?
I was expecting the dev would add a proper Speak&Spell voice, and that the word reading would be fixed. Everything else added has just been gravy. So yes, agree - good updates.
So does it now synthesise its own voices? I had the impression on launch that it was a sample library, and then used the built in Apple voices to create custom words…