Use Apple macOS Built in Text to speech - eliranwong/UniqueBible GitHub Wiki

Use Apple macOS Built-in Text-to-speech

Unique Bible App now support use of Apple macOS built-in text-to-speech and file export.

This wiki page describe how users may use these features.

Select Default Text-to-speech Voice

Select default text-to-speech voice to work with instant text-to-speech feature.

Instant text-to-speech feature

Instant text-to-speech feature uses default voice to read selected / entered text.

Read with Non-default Voices and File Export

Select text and right-click to use context menu for reading with non-default voices and file export.

Add More Voices

You can add more voices via macOS "System Preferences".

Open "System Preferences" with spotlight.

Select "Accessibility".

Select "Spoken Content".

To add more voices, select "Customise".

For example, to add more Greek voices, enter "Greek" to filter available voice, and select the voices you want.

Speed Adjustment

Speaking rate can be adjusted via Master Control Miscellaneous tab:

A Note about MP3 Export

MP3 export with macOS tts is only available if users have "ffmpeg" package installed.

Users may use homebrew (https://brew.sh) to install "ffmpeg" by running:

brew install ffmpeg

Setup Three Buttons for Three Different Voices

Users can setup three buttons for three different voices, for example, on macOS, '[en_GB] Daniel' for English voice, '[he_IL] Carmit' for Hebrew voice, and '[el_GR] Melina' for Greek voice.