cheap speech (and other sound) output

In a maker magazin I found some ideas how to create a speech output.
To me it looked complex and expensive in terms of power, money etc.
So I created my own solution.
At the end its a small and cheap MP3 board which holds short mp3 files and is controlled by Espruino. Actual status is "working fine for me".
See more on github https://github.com/jumjum123/EspruinoExtensions/tree/master/Javascript/text2speech

Wow, thanks - those look like really neat parts. They're basically the same price as a Micro SD card breakout board!

Also, it's a really neat idea using espeak to create sound files for subsequent playback. I never even realised that was a thing!

Are they powerful enough to plug a speaker directly in to, or do you need an amplifier too?

If others don't see it, there's a write-up here: https://github.com/jumjum123/EspruinoExtensions/blob/master/Javascript/text2speech/text2speech.md

I drive a small and cheap speaker (10 pieces for 8€) directly from MP3-Board.
You can set volume from 0 to 30.
But even 30 is not very noisy.
I will check an amplifier (already ordered one for less than an €)

Neat... something I was looking for a while ago but did not have the times so far... What is the chip on the board? Could you pub a pic of the board?

cool 😎

Modul is this
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/32666340925.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.38ad4c4dMBzc5s
I've no idea about the chip itself.
Manual is here
https://cdn.instructables.com/ORIG/FGT/H5J3/IUKEZCYF/FGTH5J3IUKEZCYF.pdf