say -v Alex -o "audiofile.aiff" -f "textfile.rtf" to read a textfile in Alex's voice direct to an audiofile. NOTE***: If you want to combine all the options together you could do something like this. Replace "audiofile.aiff" with the audio filename you would like created. You can use the full file path to read a text file from a different location.įinally to have your Mac read straight into an audio file type say -v Alex -o "audiofile.aiff" "read this" and press Enter. Replace textfile.rtf with the filename of a plain text file you have placed on your desktop. To have your Mac read from a text file type say -v Alex -f "textfile.rtf" and press Enter. Alternatively (or additionally), you can show a speech button when you highlight text in. It provides a text editor with several different options that help in formatting a document. The online speech-to-text conversion tools are much easier to use. However, the interface and setting will be a bit different for each MacOS version. You can replace Kathy with any of the Mac voices (ie Alex, Bruce, Fred, Kathy, Vicki, Victoria). The speech-to-text or dictation utility has been around since the OS X Yosemite. To have your Mac read in a different voice type say -v Kathy "read this" then press Enter. You can replace the text in quotes with your own.
To have your Mac read a string aloud type say "read this" then press Enter. You can turn on text-to-speech on Mac by going to System Preferences > Accessibility > Speech.
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