I have a memory of a Spectrum game playing some sort of synthesised speech through the speaker that seemed incredibly ahead of its time. I believe the game was called iBall. And the sample said something like “Fight iBall!” Have I misremembered that? Was this a fever dream?
Another Speccy game with digitized speech is Chase HQ:<p><a href="https://youtu.be/yjrbcLm78I8?si=GMIqDdL31hq4ik72&t=87" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/yjrbcLm78I8?si=GMIqDdL31hq4ik72&t=87</a><p>Although tbf apparently that's done via the AY sound chip of the 128k, which is a lot easier than through the on/off beeper of the 48k since the AY can do digitized audio via CPU-driven volume modulation.
There was also "Meteor Storm":<p><a href="https://spectrumgamesuk.com/index.php?game=Meteor-Storm" rel="nofollow">https://spectrumgamesuk.com/index.php?game=Meteor-Storm</a><p>I think it said "Meteor Alert!" or something similar, though the quality was terrible.