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Use Apple macOS Built in Text to speech

Eliran Wong edited this page Jun 2, 2022 · 7 revisions

Use Apple macOS Built-in Text-to-speech

Select Default Text-to-speech Voice

Select default text-to-speech voice to work with instant text-to-speech feature.

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Instant text-to-speech feature

Instant text-to-speech feature uses default voice to read selected / entered text.

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Read with Non-default Voices and File Export

Select text and right-click to use context menu for reading with non-default voices and file export.

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Add More Voices

You can add more voices via macOS "System Preferences".

Open "System Preferences" with spotlight.

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Select "Accessibility".

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Select "Spoken Content".

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To add more voices, select "Customise".

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For example, to add more Greek voices, enter "Greek" to filter available voice, and select the voices you want.

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Speed Adjustment

You can also adjust voice speed via "System Preferences"

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A Note about MP3 Export

MP3 export with macOS tts is only available if users have "ffmpeg" package installed.

Users may use homebrew (https://brew.sh) to install "ffmpeg" by running:

brew install ffmpeg

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