N900 hacked to replace the innards of a Speak & Spell, can never bring back your childhood

by Paul Miller Sep 21st 2009 @ 3:22PM

Nokia has been handing out the N900 for selective "artsy" uses lately through its "Push" program, and the folks at Tinker it now! sure seem to have put their model to good use. They've paired the device with all matter of nostalgia, including a Rolodex, FM radio and a 3D Viewmaster. Our favorite by far, however, is the Speak & Spell hack, which puts the gargantuan Speak & Spell keyboard to good use in penning text messages for the N900 -- which displays them in the classic font and even articulates your words with a speech synthesis engine. It's all a testament to the flexibility of Linux, hacker ingenuity and of course liberal application of Arduino, but it's also a little advertorial-ey, so you might want to leave your gag reflex at home for this one.

[Via Nokia Conversations]

Filed under: Culture, Handsets, Nokia, Linux

Tags: arduino, hack, hacking, linux, mod, n900, nokia, nokia n900, NokiaN900, speak and spell, speak n spell, SpeakAndSpell, SpeakNSpell, tinker, tinker it now, TinkerItNow

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Ashton @ Sep 21st 2009 4:36PM

If only E.T. would have had this one.

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Jouten @ Sep 21st 2009 6:59PM

I got this on Pre-Order. I can't wait! This is going to be awesome! =)

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