I remember my father spending hours, days, weeks, and months trying to get our pet canary to talk. As I remember he managed to get Joey talking in the end, but one of these digital bird speech training gizmos would have saved both of them a lot of trouble.
The bird training gadget features a digital speech recorder. Simply press the red button once and speak clearly into the microphone whatever you want to teach your bird.

Then set the time interval between each play back, between one and eighty minutes. Then leave the bird trainer where it can hear it. If your pet Tweety Pie is a bit hard of hearing there’s a “loud” setting too. The manufactures claim the speech trainer is suitable for canaries, parakeets, cockatiels, parrots and macaws.

As the manufacturers point out, a bird needs to be happy before it starts talking, and that doesn’t just mean giving them food and water; they’re sociable creatures too.

In any case, it you want to give it a try, then the digital speech trainer is available from That Pet Place for $22.