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Vocabulator

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M-TD's grated vocabulator was located between his photoreceptors.
"You sound strange. Is something wrong with your vocabulator?"
―BX-series droid commander — (audio)Listen (file info)[src]

A vocabulator, also known as a vocoder, was a speech synthesizer that was fitted to almost all types of droids that were intended to interact with sentient beings. Some droids, such as HK-series assassin droids and protocol droids—which were commonly fluent in many galactic languages—could use their vocabulators to mimic or impersonate the voices of other beings or creatures.

The Tranlang III Vocabulator was one such model that was used in the 3PO-series protocol droid, granting models of this line fluency in over six million forms of communication. This model of vocoder also saw use in governmental droids.

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There is a real-world electronic device called a vocoder with communication and musical uses. This bears no resemblance to the Star Wars device.

Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back spells the device "vocodor."

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