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- "You sound strange. Is something wrong with your vocabulator?"
- ―BX-series droid commando
A vocabulator, also known as a vocoder,[1] was a device that synthesized voice.
Utility droids typically had simple vocabulators, only capable of speaking binary, which consisted of beeps, hums and whistles strung together into sentences. Others were fitted with more complex units that could mimic the language of almost any organic species.[2]
Translating vocoders could translate spoken words in real time. They were often utilized by certain members of the New Republic Senate to translate their speech into Galactic Basic.[3]
Members of some species wore vocoder masks on a daily basis.[4]
Appearances
In theory, vocabulators appear in any work that has a speaking droid. The list below includes only works specifically mentioning a vocabulator or vocoder.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Rookies" (First mentioned)- Dark Disciple (Mentioned only)
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Snare
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Nest
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Cold
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Rescue
- The Rebellion Begins (Mentioned only)
- Guardians of the Whills
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization
- The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure
- Aftermath
- Aftermath: Life Debt
- Bloodline
Sources
- battle droid 513 in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) (as "vocodor")
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars Builders: Droids
- Battle Droid 513 in the Databank (backup link) (as "vocodor")
