Electronic timepiece with alarm and voice announcement function

Claim 1

An electronic timepiece with an alarm function and voice announcement function, comprising: time count means for counting reference signals to obtain time-data; alarm time storing means coupled to said time count means for storing a plurality of alarm time data and for outputting first and second alarm coincidence signals when a coincidence occurs between the stored alarm time data and the time data obtained by said time count means; and voice producing means coupled to said alarm time storing means and responsive to said first and second alarm coincidence signals for producing a voice announcement which is initially stored, said voice producing means comprising: voice converting means for converting externally applied voice sounds to voice codes; voice code storing means coupled to said voice converting means for sequentially storing the voice codes corresponding to a given voice announcement in response to address designation signals; voice signal outputting means coupled to said voice code storing means and to said alarm time storing means for reading out voice codes from said voice code storing means responsive to the outputting of an alarm coincidence signal to produce a voice announcement; final address storing means for storing a final address of the voice codes corresponding to said given voice announcement which are read out from said voice code storing means when an alarm coincidence signal is outputted; and address control means for effecting an address designation with respect to said voice code storing means corresponding to the address following said final address stored in said final address storing means for enabling outputting of said voice codes.