Circuit PlayGround Classic Speech Demo Problem

Hi

Just bought a Adafruit Circuit PlayGround Classic & am having problem with the Speech Examples from the Library.

No matter what I seem to do ALL i get is a second or so of harsh buzzing sound…Below is the code I am using which was taken directly from the included example…

//

// A male voice with an RP English accent, voiced by Kenneth Kendall.
//
// Due to the large vocabulary, this file takes up 16Kbytes of flash.
// To save space, just copy and paste the words you need.

#include <Adafruit_CircuitPlayground.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <SPI.h>

const uint8_t spTHIS[] PROGMEM = {0xAA,0xF2,0xD2,0x6C,0xA4,0x2A,0xAA,0xCA,0x4B,0xB5,0xB6,0x6C,0x18,0xCA,0xAA,0x94,0x53,0xB4,0xF1,0x8A,0x3B,0x0B,0xEC,0xD2,0x45,0x27,0xEC,0xDC,0x71,0xCA,0x67,0x9D,0x68,0x48,0xC7,0xE9,0x58,0x74,0xD2,0x69,0x13,0x22,0x63,0xF1,0xA9,0x86,0x35,0xEC,0xCC,0xC5,0xAD,0xEE,0x5E,0x68,0xE4,0xE2,0x2A,0x20,0xE3,0x10,0x01,0x2C,0x62,0x66,0x80,0xC7,0xDC,0x15,0xF0,0x98,0x94,0x00,0x3E,0xB7,0x10,0xC0,0xA3,0x96,0x0C,0xF8,0x42,0x9D,0x01,0xDF,0x09,0x33,0xE0,0x1B,0x31,0x02,0x7C,0xA7,0x42,0x80,0x6F,0x94,0x10,0xF0,0x95,0x39,0x02,0x1A,0x0E,0xFD,0x51,0x59,0x49,0x15};

const uint8_t spIS[] PROGMEM = {0xC9,0x5F,0x3E,0x90,0xB2,0x17,0xDF,0xE0,0x04,0xDB,0x04,0x72,0xF5,0xA2,0x13,0x6E,0x1D,0xC8,0xD5,0x8B,0x4E,0xB4,0x5C,0x23,0x65,0x2F,0x3A,0xE9,0x76,0x85,0x1C,0xB5,0xE8,0x94,0x33,0x24,0x89,0xD6,0xA2,0xD5,0xCD,0xD4,0x24,0x54,0x8B,0xC6,0xD8,0x0D,0x4B,0xF8,0xD6,0x29,0x63,0xE2,0x6E,0x9D,0x1D,0x3B,0x8F,0x66,0x3C,0xD0,0xCD,0xA3,0x12,0xDA,0x89,0x01,0x13,0xB0,0x23,0xE0,0x61,0x76,0x04,0x7C,0x4A,0xFA,0x29};

const uint8_t spTHE[] PROGMEM = {0xA6,0x48,0xB2,0x28,0xA4,0x26,0xBB,0x3C,0xA9,0xA4,0xE0,0x6C,0x5C,0xD2,0x2A,0x8B,0x83,0x64,0xF1,0x8A,0x3A,0x1F,0x71,0x91,0xC7,0xCB,0xEF,0x74,0xD9,0xC3,0x1F,0x2D,0x7F,0x88,0x96,0x34,0x7D,0x75,0xFC,0xA1,0xD6,0x52,0x79,0xD5,0x89,0x86,0x1C,0x0B,0x93,0xCD,0xA7,0xE8,0x76,0x3C,0x9D,0x56,0xEF,0xA6,0xB5,0xD5,0x87,0xA7,0xFA,0x94,0xFF,0x39,0x51,0x09,0x15};

const uint8_t spACORN[] PROGMEM = {0x23,0x9B,0x35,0x85,0xD3,0x96,0x9C,0x64,0xD6,0x12,0x0A,0x5F,0x7C,0xA2,0x95,0xD6,0x30,0x6C,0xF1,0x89,0x56,0x18,0x86,0xCC,0x45,0x2B,0x5A,0xA1,0x11,0x2B,0x1B,0xB7,0x68,0x34,0x06,0xCF,0x9E,0x94,0xB2,0x91,0x19,0x32,0xAB,0x96,0x2A,0x84,0x72,0x77,0x11,0xD9,0x00,0x0A,0x08,0x51,0xC9,0x02,0x25,0x8F,0x6D,0x54,0x4D,0x66,0xB6,0x22,0x86,0x09,0x33,0xDA,0xD5,0xDA,0xE8,0x2A,0xD3,0xB0,0x4F,0xEB,0x92,0xA9,0xCA,0xA0,0xBC,0x6D,0x48,0xA6,0x2A,0x83,0xF2,0x95,0x29,0xD9,0xEC,0x34,0xEC,0x9B,0xE6,0x90,0xAA,0x5D,0x78,0x73,0x98,0x63,0xC9,0x74,0xD6,0x57,0x6E,0x8E,0xCB,0x42,0x6C,0x66,0xB9,0x29,0x0D,0x4B,0xE6,0x8E,0x1B,0xC6,0x94,0x2C,0x84,0xA2,0x73,0x98,0xB2,0x71,0x0B,0xF0,0xCC,0x6E,0x4E,0x3A,0xD4,0xD8,0xB3,0xAA,0xB9,0x68,0x33,0x23,0xD5,0xF2,0x25,0x51,0x15,0x31,0x41};

const uint8_t spCOMPUTER[] PROGMEM = {0x06,0x28,0x29,0x68,0x44,0x29,0xAA,0xA6,0xD6,0xEC,0x15,0xE7,0x9C,0xE6,0x64,0xAB,0x5A,0x9E,0xBD,0x96,0x41,0xB6,0x0D,0x79,0xB2,0xDC,0x48,0xDD,0xCD,0x94,0x49,0x53,0x15,0x7B,0x12,0x54,0x09,0xE5,0xEE,0x22,0xB2,0x81,0x01,0xD5,0x86,0x97,0xA0,0x47,0x22,0xCF,0xAA,0xDC,0xFC,0x26,0x8D,0xB2,0x7D,0xF5,0xF2,0x33,0x6D,0xCD,0xB0,0xD7,0x3B,0xE8,0x11,0x2A,0x84,0x72,0x77,0x11,0xD9,0xA0,0x80,0x6D,0x35,0x1D,0xB0,0x89,0xFB,0x48,0x8A,0x35,0x75,0xED,0xDA,0xAB,0xAA,0xDE,0x2D,0x24,0x57,0xAF,0xB6,0xF9,0xB6,0x14,0x5D,0x5D,0xA6,0x52,0xD3,0x5C,0x73,0xB6,0xDB,0xB3,0x4F,0x4F,0x89,0x31,0xFF,0x15,0x61,0x51,0x25,0x25,0x79,0x61};

void setup() {
CircuitPlayground.begin();

CircuitPlayground.speaker.say(spTHIS);
//CircuitPlayground.speaker.say(spIS);
//CircuitPlayground.speaker.say(spTHE);
//CircuitPlayground.speaker.say(spACORN);
//CircuitPlayground.speaker.say(spCOMPUTER);

// Calling speaker.end() after playing a sound is optional – this
// will turn off the pin 13 LED (it’s connected to a microcontroller
// pin that’s also related to the speaker), but there’s a small
// audible click when it turns off. Tradeoffs!
CircuitPlayground.speaker.end();
}

void loop() {
}

I wonder if anyone could help me sort out this problem?

Everything else from the examples works fine.

Regards

Jason

SOLVED!!!

I have done a fresh install of The current Arduino IDE & Adafruit Library on another computer.
The Talk examples now work fine.

It transpires that my original installation was not fully up to date as i was several versions of the IDE behind ( must check the IDE version more often!!)

I am sorry to have troubled you & to have forgotten the second rule of programming - Check Everything is up to date!!
I should have done this before bothering you!

Many thanks

Jason

I am having the same issue with the Speech examples… Getting just buzz, no speech. Arduino IDE 1.8.5, Playground Circuit 1.8.0. Does anyone have a clue?
Rest of the examples seem to work… Tried on Windows, OSX and Arduino Web Editor – same story, no speech, just hissing and buzzing.

thanks,
R.