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eSpeak Macintosh Installer

eSpeak Macintosh Installer

An eSpeak installer for OS X is now available. eSpeak is an open source speech synthesiser that works in a large number of different languages.

Text-to-Speech in Languages other than English

Text-to-Speech in Languages other than English

OS X only offers US English text-to-speech voices, and they are not of a very high quality. Leopard’s “Alex” voice is a great improvement, but even that voice is jarring and mechanical to listen to for more than a few minutes and only offers American English. So what are your alternatives for text to speech?