A service which "reads" text aloud to the user
Questions tagged [text-to-speech]
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How can I set quiet hours for OS X time announcements?
I like the built-in time announcement in OS X. But my wife has forbidden it because it announces time at night too. Is there any way to silence during certain hours or some other utility that will announce the time?
I am aware of Cuckoo, but it…
David Veksler
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lives vs lives: how can I correct the pronunciation of the 'say' command?
Is there a reliable way to correct the pronunciation of the say command without removing words or introducing pauses?
MacOS's built-in say command mispronounces some words due to the pronunciation changing depending on context. An endlessly…
Kyle Jones
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Add pronunciation to text to speech
Is there any way to add a pronunciation to OSX text to speech service? I've google for the last few hours without a solution.
Harrison Tran
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How can I lengthen the time text to speech pauses after it reaches a full stop ("period")
Not permanently but longer than the usual default time that's say half a second. It would be nice if a string of symbols like ".", "..", "..." or "....." lengthened the default pause time after a full stop in proportion to the number of symbols.…
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How can I restart the text to speech feature?
I use the text to speech feature a lot. Sometimes, after I put the macbook to sleep and come back to it the feature no longer works. I would have to shutdown/restart the computer in order for the feature to work. Is there are a way to restart/enable…
relidon
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Tessa voice completely fails to read sentence, how to avoid this error
Mac OS X 13.2.1
Lately, I have been having trouble with some voices on my Mac mispronouncing words depending on context. An example is the word headlines, which is pronounced correctly by itself, but is mispronounced by an assortment of voices…
Kyle Jones
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Add permanant pronunciation to text to speech dictionary
Is there any way to add a permanent pronunciation to OSX text to speech dictionary?
For example: I would like the word 'mkdir' to be read as 'make directory' each and every time I use the "Start Speaking" service.
Harrison Tran
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How can I change the speech rate while text-to-speech is going on?
Is it possible to do that? I currently activate the text-to-speech feature by hitting CMD+SHIFT+S. However, while reading textbooks, I sometimes need to go slower to increase understanding, or pause. How do I achieve that?
Thanks!
yuval
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What functionality does the in built Mac speech recognition have?
At the moment I use windows speech recognition which is quite good out of the box. Specifically, I find it quite good for the following:
List item
Dictation for emails
Macros for programming
Mouse clicking and dragging
Spelling character by…
deltanovember
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