. ▁ ▁Int ell ivo ice ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁Matt el ▁introduced ▁a ▁new ▁peri pher al ▁for ▁the ▁Int ell iv ision : ▁ ▁the ▁Int ell ivo ice ▁Vo ice ▁Syn thesis ▁Module . ▁ ▁A ▁speech ▁synth es izer ▁which ▁produces ▁speech ▁with ▁compatible ▁cart rid ges . ▁The ▁Int ell ivo ice ▁was ▁original ▁in ▁two ▁respect s : ▁human ▁sound ing ▁male ▁and ▁female ▁voices ▁with ▁distinct ▁acc ents , ▁and ▁the ▁speech - support ing ▁games ▁were ▁designed ▁with ▁speech ▁being ▁an ▁integral ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁game - play . ▁ ▁Like ▁the ▁Int ell iv ision ▁chip - set , ▁the ▁Int ell ivo ice ▁chip - set ▁was ▁developed ▁by ▁General ▁Inst rument . ▁ ▁The ▁SP 0 2 5 6 - 0 1 2 ▁or ator ▁chip ▁has ▁ 2 KB ▁R OM ▁inside , ▁and ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁store ▁the ▁speech ▁for ▁numerical ▁digits , ▁some ▁common ▁words , ▁and ▁the ▁phrase ▁" M att el ▁Electron ics ▁presents ". ▁ ▁Spe ech ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁processed ▁from ▁the ▁Int ell ivo ice ' s ▁SP 6 5 0 ▁buffer ▁chip , ▁ ▁stored ▁and ▁loaded ▁from ▁cart ridge ▁memory . ▁ ▁That ▁buffer ▁chip ▁has ▁its ▁own ▁I / O ▁and ▁the ▁Int ell ivo ice ▁has ▁a ▁ 3 0 - pin ▁expansion ▁port ▁under ▁a ▁remov able ▁top ▁plate . ▁ ▁Matt el ▁Electron ics ▁planned ▁to ▁use ▁that ▁conne ctor ▁for ▁wireless ▁hand ▁controllers .