rather the speech of any speaker would be recognized such an integrated circuit is available from weitek corporation and is identified as part no wtv 008 the speech synthesis module 52 consists of a speech processor integrated circuit 64 a memory block 66 which contains the speech code an audio amplifier 68 and an audio speaker 48b a speech synthesis processor integrated circuit is commercially available from texas instruments inc as part no tms 5100 the master control microcomputer 54 receives input information from the speech recognition module 50 as designated by input arrow 70 does the address or word select for the speech synthesis module 52 as seen by output arrow 72 and provides the necessary inputs to the dryer control system as seen by arrow 74 a microcomputer which can be used in this device is commercially available from texas instruments inc as part no tm 990 101m this microcomputer has a built in source of timing pulses and counter for use as an internal timer besides receiving command inputs from the speech recognition integrated circuit as shown by arrow 70 the master control microcomputer in turn controls the speech recognition i c by energizing it with an input over line 76 and by selecting a desired vocabulary by an input over line 78 with respect to the dryer control system the master control microcomputer transmits signals on line 80 for selection and energization of the heating element on line 82 for energization of the electric motor 42 and for selecting the dryer control system on line 84 the master control microcomputer receives a 34.