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I thought the cassette was a proprietary shape that wouldn't allow you to put any other ones in.
The one I had, I remember it had a regular cassette. I think it was recorded in some proprietary way, as I remember the mouth and eyes movement was synchronized to the recording, but I was still able to play it in my walkman.
Edit: found this in Wikipedia: "Later versions replaced the cassette with a digital cartridge.[5]"
So you probably had the new version. Mine was from the late 80s.
They could play any tape, but it wouldn't move to the music unless it was one made for it probably had extra data on the teddy specific cassettes.
I didn't have this doll, but one with an answering-machine sized tape. It was annoying to mess with, but possible.
Now that you mention it, I can't think of any sort of proprietary tape. They were either standard or small.