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10.6: Easily create spoken iTunes tracks from any text
Thanks for this hint which works fine but only with Alex voice although I've selected Vicki in system preferences!
Is there a way to set another voice?
Is there a way to set another voice?
10.6: Easily create spoken iTunes tracks from any text
You can make the change in the Speech Syst Pref, Text To Speech option. There are three male and three female voices from which to choose. Netscape browser for mac os x.
Edit voice used, filename, encoding method, etc.
You can edit the AppleScript .workflow file easily!
If you double click the .workflow file, it'll open up in Automator - where you can then edit and change attributes. When you save your results, use Save As so you can keep the original script intact - as a back up. You'll probably have to activate your new script by using this original hint, once you're done.
You'll find the file on your System hard drive, under System > Library > Services > Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track.workflow.
It's a VERY simple script actually!
You can edit the AppleScript .workflow file easily!
If you double click the .workflow file, it'll open up in Automator - where you can then edit and change attributes. When you save your results, use Save As so you can keep the original script intact - as a back up. You'll probably have to activate your new script by using this original hint, once you're done.
You'll find the file on your System hard drive, under System > Library > Services > Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track.workflow.
It's a VERY simple script actually!
10.6: Easily create spoken iTunes tracks from any text
You'll find it's called 'Text to Speech', to be found within the Music section of iTunes.
The original text to speech file is created as an AIFF file, apparently. Once it's placed in iTunes, you'll find it's been converted there into the AAC VBR 128kbps format.
This script throws out the AIFF version of the track once the iTunes track has converted. If you need to convert it to MP3 instead or any other format, just retrieve the file from the Finder's trash.
The original text to speech file is created as an AIFF file, apparently. Once it's placed in iTunes, you'll find it's been converted there into the AAC VBR 128kbps format.
This script throws out the AIFF version of the track once the iTunes track has converted. If you need to convert it to MP3 instead or any other format, just retrieve the file from the Finder's trash.
Jacques, thanks so much for the help.
I'm finding that if you've changed the default AAC encoder settings in iTunes (Preferences > General > Import Settings), the final import step will fail with an error. I had to select the 'iTunes Plus' preset to make it work.
(If you don't normally encode to AAC, you can change the above setting and then go back to your preferred format. The service will use AAC regardless.)
Even after a failed import, you'll still find the original AIFF file in the Trash.
(If you don't normally encode to AAC, you can change the above setting and then go back to your preferred format. The service will use AAC regardless.)
Even after a failed import, you'll still find the original AIFF file in the Trash.
Edit voice used, filename, encoding method, etc.
You can edit the AppleScript .workflow file easily!
If you double click the .workflow file, it'll open up in Automator - where you can then edit and change attributes. When you save your results, use Save As so you can keep the original script intact - as a back up. You'll probably have to activate your new script by using this original hint, once you're done.
You'll find the file on your System hard drive, under System > Library > Services > Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track.workflow.
It's a VERY simple script actually!
You can edit the AppleScript .workflow file easily!
If you double click the .workflow file, it'll open up in Automator - where you can then edit and change attributes. When you save your results, use Save As so you can keep the original script intact - as a back up. You'll probably have to activate your new script by using this original hint, once you're done.
You'll find the file on your System hard drive, under System > Library > Services > Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track.workflow.
It's a VERY simple script actually!
10.6: Easily create spoken iTunes tracks from any text
If I change the voice in the Speech preference pane, I get the new voice in other applications, but the voice in the iTunes clip is always Alex. Is Alex specified in the script?
Edit voice used, filename, encoding method, etc.
You can edit the AppleScript .workflow file easily!
If you double click the .workflow file, it'll open up in Automator - where you can then edit and change attributes. When you save your results, use Save As so you can keep the original script intact - as a back up. You'll probably have to activate your new script by using this original hint, once you're done.
You'll find the file on your System hard drive, under System > Library > Services > Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track.workflow.
It's a VERY simple script actually!
You can edit the AppleScript .workflow file easily!
If you double click the .workflow file, it'll open up in Automator - where you can then edit and change attributes. When you save your results, use Save As so you can keep the original script intact - as a back up. You'll probably have to activate your new script by using this original hint, once you're done.
You'll find the file on your System hard drive, under System > Library > Services > Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track.workflow.
It's a VERY simple script actually!
10.6: Easily create spoken iTunes tracks from any text
Thanks for the tip, I find it very useful for transferring spoken information to my iPhone, which can then be listened to under circumstances that would favor this form of retrieving information. I tried it out with .pages documents and with texts on the web and it worked with both, but it does not work with .word documents. Is there a way of making it work with .word and PDF documents?
Os X Versions
It's quite possible this only works with Cocoa apps.
Copy the text out of any Carbon (Word, Acrobat Reader, etc) app, then switch to a Cocoa app (TextEdit is a fast easy one to launch) to paste it in temporarily. Once it's there, you can select it and use this hint to create the spoken word file.
Then just quit TextEdit without saving, no sense in having two copies.
= )
Another quick word processing app (also written in Cocoa) I'd recommend is Bean <http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html> - it's free and simple.
Copy the text out of any Carbon (Word, Acrobat Reader, etc) app, then switch to a Cocoa app (TextEdit is a fast easy one to launch) to paste it in temporarily. Once it's there, you can select it and use this hint to create the spoken word file.
Then just quit TextEdit without saving, no sense in having two copies.
= )
Another quick word processing app (also written in Cocoa) I'd recommend is Bean <http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html> - it's free and simple.
It will work with PDFs if you open them in Preview (a Cocoa application) rather than Adobe Reader.
Os X 10.11.4
10.6: Easily create spoken iTunes tracks from any text
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Actually this hint is well documented in David Pogue's Snow Leopard: the Missing Manual, page 265. It seems that Alex is the only voice you can use.
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10.6: Easily create spoken iTunes tracks from any text
You can change the voice, see other comments here.
10.6: Easily create spoken iTunes tracks from any text
How do you modulate the voice speed? Changing the system setting doesn't help and I can't find an option using the automater =/