# Let there be sound

**URL:** <https://forum.arduino.cc/t/let-there-be-sound/19375>\
**Category:** Interfacing\
**Created:** [August 21, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/let-there-be-sound/19375 "2010-08-21T21:45:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/let-there-be-sound/19375/1 "2010-08-21T21:45:42Z")

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This could be just a real crazy idea, but does anybody have any clue how one could hook up different pushButtons to cause short sound files to play through speakers? Like a toy would, I suppose.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/let-there-be-sound/19375/2 "2010-08-21T23:17:39Z")

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Or for less than half the price you could get the Wave Shield from Adafruit.

Info:  
[http://www.ladyada.net/make/waveshield/](http://www.ladyada.net/make/waveshield/)

Buy Kit:

> **[Adafruit Wave Shield for Arduino Kit](https://www.adafruit.com/product/94)**
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> Adding quality audio to an electronic project is surprisingly difficult. Here is a shield for Arduino 328's that solves this problem. It can play up to 22KHz 12bit uncompressed audio ...

It is a kit so you'll have to solder it together yourself but it already has libraries made for it, there's a step-by-step guide showing you how to assemble it, there's a video allowing you hear what it will sound like, it's less than half the price, etc. Good stuff.

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**Author:** ![mowcius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@mowcius](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/mowcius)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/let-there-be-sound/19375/3 "2010-08-22T11:53:06Z")

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Or for a bit more but a much more capable board you could get the rogue robotics rMP3 [http://www.roguerobotics.com/](http://www.roguerobotics.com/)

Depends on what the application is as to how good a board you need.

Mowcius

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**Author:** ![anon12819364](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@anon12819364](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/anon12819364)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/let-there-be-sound/19375/4 "2010-08-23T00:32:17Z")

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The Sparkfun 9715 mentioned above is $50, and can play MP3 snippets from a memory card, if I understand things properly.

If you want short phrases of spoken text like "Enter password", etc.... you can specify ANY text... the Speakjet might suit you... $26? $24... something like that. Also from Sparkfun (or other sources.)

Details of SpeakJet at...

> **[SpeakJet: Voice synthesis, phoneme based, serially driven- ec1speak](http://www.arunet.co.uk/tkboyd/ec/ec1speak.htm)**
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> Phoneme based speech synthesis- serially driven- how to use. SAY 'Hello World'!

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/let-there-be-sound/19375/5 "2021-05-06T19:15:53Z")

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