Votrax text-to-speech synthesizer

I have an old Votrax "Type ‘N Talk" text-to-speech synthesizer, circa 1982.
It connects to a serial port and will accept text strings changing them to
speech. I want to experiment with the unit by connecting it to a serial port
on my Linux server and send text strings to it via a web page fronting for a
Perl-CGI program.

Before I go out and re-invent the wheel, has anyone had fun doing this
already, and would they share their experience and any pointers? Code
samples would be great!

TIA

John–

• Votrax text-to-speech synthesizer by John