# Print information about all active voices and speak # their respective demo text. # List languages for which at least one voice is active. Voices -k 'The new default voice is Alex. # Make 'Alex' the new default voice, print information about it, and # speak text that announces the change. # Print information about the default voice and speak its demo text. # List all active voices add -a to list all installed ones. Note: If you have Alfred with its Power Pack, consider workflow a service for speaking selected text with a specific voice - see below.a service for switching between two or more default voices - see below.See the examples below, concise usage information further below,Īdditionally, two macOS Services are offered: Supportįor third-party voices such as InfoVox iVox is limited to speaking with them,Īnd the macOS Services documented below will not work with them.Īdditionally, as of macOS 10.15, Siri voices are not supported, due to lack of API support (see this Stack Overflow question). Voices currently only fully supports voices provided by Apple. Thus, this utility makes use of undocumented system internals, which, unfortunately, means that future compatibility of this feature is uncertain.

]), assuming you have Powershell installed, see this comment.Īs of macOS 10.12 (Sierra), there is no documented programmatic way to change the default voice. On a related note: For a simple say wrapper that supports text with embedded instructions to change the voice mid-text (e.g.,.operating on active voices - those selected for active use - rather than all installed voices.providing a way to change the default voice.Voices complements the standard say utility by: Voices is a macOS CLI for changing the default TTS (text-to-speech) voice and for printing information about and/or speaking text with multiple voices. macOS Service for speaking selected text with a specific voice.macOS Service for switching between default voices.More information and voice samples on i nfovox iVox™ 3. Swedish adult male and female voice (Kal and Mia).Australian children voices (Liam and Olivia).Infovox iVox brings natural-sounding text to speech within reach of many more kids, students, educators, and consumers, including people with vision, reading and speech impairments. The update also completes the Australian voice family, with the addition of female adult voice Lisa, and brings two new Swedish adults voices.ĭeveloped by Acapela Group and AssistveWare, Infovox iVox™ provides system-wide clear and pleasant voices to Mac OS X for blind and vision impaired users, for individuals who need audible feedback or reading support, for language learning or for people who prefer listening to their computer. It adds the first genuine German and Australian text to speech children’s voices for Mac OS X. Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced the release of Infovox iVox™ 3.2.

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