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<blockquote data-quote="Felasco" data-source="post: 1825145" data-attributes="member: 402838"><p>Thanks for the replies above. So I did some research. Best I can tell Mac voices have not dramatically improved in recent years, but there are some third party voices that seem better than what comes with OSX.</p><p></p><p>I found this interesting, and will probably buy it. You can hear some voice samples here.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.assistiveware.com/products/infovox-ivox" target="_blank">Infovox iVox - AssistiveWare</a></p><p></p><p>Also, this company sells a product which allows you to edit voices word by word using tags.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader" target="_blank">GhostReader : easy to use Text-to-Speech for Mac | ConvenienceWare</a></p><p></p><p>This PDF explains how it works.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://download.assistiveware.com/ghostreader/files/ghostreader-plus-tags-manual-v0.pdf" target="_blank">https://download.assistiveware.com/ghostreader/files/ghostreader-plus-tags-manual-v0.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>Simple explanation, you can edit voice selection, volume and speed on a word by word or global basis. </p><p></p><p>As example, you could create a conversation by using a male voice for some sentences and a female voice for other sentences. Then you can tweak volume and speed of the words to make it sound somewhat more real, a bit less robotic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Felasco, post: 1825145, member: 402838"] Thanks for the replies above. So I did some research. Best I can tell Mac voices have not dramatically improved in recent years, but there are some third party voices that seem better than what comes with OSX. I found this interesting, and will probably buy it. You can hear some voice samples here. [url=https://www.assistiveware.com/products/infovox-ivox]Infovox iVox - AssistiveWare[/url] Also, this company sells a product which allows you to edit voices word by word using tags. [url=https://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader]GhostReader : easy to use Text-to-Speech for Mac | ConvenienceWare[/url] This PDF explains how it works. [url]https://download.assistiveware.com/ghostreader/files/ghostreader-plus-tags-manual-v0.pdf[/url] Simple explanation, you can edit voice selection, volume and speed on a word by word or global basis. As example, you could create a conversation by using a male voice for some sentences and a female voice for other sentences. Then you can tweak volume and speed of the words to make it sound somewhat more real, a bit less robotic. [/QUOTE]
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