Speech
Speech combines all the features of the speech synthesizer of Mac OS X into a single, easy‑to‑use interface.
Under Lion or Mountain Lion, many languages are available, choose among more than 80 voices !
How to download High Quality
new voices under Lion or Mountain Lion ?
1- Click on "Speech" item in "System Preferences".
2- In the "Text to Speech Tab" - select "Customize…" at the end of the System Voice list.
3- Select voices and press OK button.
4- Restart Speech, enjoy new voices !
Features :
Drag or paste text into Speech and start reading. You can change at any time the voice and the speech rate.
Click on a word to playback from a specific point of the text.
Export the text into an audio file, share or listen on an digital audio player.
✔ Compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.8 voices, 80 new voices and over 40 languages.
✔ Save time, listening a text is faster than reading.
✔ Efficient to learn and be sure of the pronunciation.
Keyboard shortcuts :
cmd+s : Speak
cmd+e : Edit
cmd+r : Restart