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I spoke too soon. 
- Version: 3.5.1, 9/19/2009 09:03AM PST
BusyGuyy
It works fine on my Intel 10.5.8 MacBook Pro but I can't get it to work on my PPC 10.5.8 G5 dual. It must lose stars because of that. I'll drop several in order to create the average I now think it deserves.
A nifty little utility - Version: 3.5.1, 9/19/2009 08:52AM PST
BusyGuyy
Now if only there were more options in Preferences. For example, other languages...
I think I would like to see it as a preference pane (on/off mostly) and a menu item. Open a document, go to menu, select "read it out" Or, even more ubiquitous, when Pref Pane is on, open document and tool starts to read it without further intervention, after a manually-set time delay.
Most Apple voices are pathetic. This technology still has a long way to go which, of course, is not the fault of this developer. I remember once trialling some voices and a core technology from Cepstral (or a name like that) and they were many times superior but...expensive.
A great one-trick pony that probably has a distance to go in terms of GUI and features. I support it.
I think I would like to see it as a preference pane (on/off mostly) and a menu item. Open a document, go to menu, select "read it out" Or, even more ubiquitous, when Pref Pane is on, open document and tool starts to read it without further intervention, after a manually-set time delay.
Most Apple voices are pathetic. This technology still has a long way to go which, of course, is not the fault of this developer. I remember once trialling some voices and a core technology from Cepstral (or a name like that) and they were many times superior but...expensive.
A great one-trick pony that probably has a distance to go in terms of GUI and features. I support it.
iSpeak It Not working - Version: 3.3.3, 12/8/2007 11:52AM PST
todd.wright1
As other say, great idea but poor in the execution. Not working 98% of the time... crashes and error meessages on conversion to iTunes. I don't have the patience of others to try this in different formats on different machines with different OS scenarios. If it doesn't work it doesn't work.
iSpeak It Not working - Version: 3.3.3, 12/8/2007 11:52AM PST
todd.wright1
As other say, great idea but poor in the execution. Not working 98% of the time... crashes and error meessages on conversion to iTunes. I don't have the patience of others to try this in different formats on different machines with different OS scenarios. If it doesn't work it doesn't work.
Almost there... - Version: 3.3.3, 12/7/2007 03:52PM PST
(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)
cocoaNut
This does almost what I'm looking to do but I really need to have control over the quality of the output which doesn't seem to exist. I'd also like to be able to perform batch recordings with sftp support, oh, yea and applescript support.
What can I say, we both tried. - Version: 3.0, 9/27/2006 09:03PM PST
(4 of 5 users found this comment useful)
bpt.tv
God as my witness I put over one solid month into trying to get this application to work fluidly. I love the concept, and I so wanted to love the app. Such is not the case. Like the sun rising in the eastern sky, this app always quits converting files near the first third of the copy. The promise that this application held was not of text to audio, for that can be accomplished numerous ways; the promise was the fine control over the automation of the process. In other words, I could set the application to converting, and walk away.
Unfortunately I wasted way too much time taking this utility and leading it by the hand, through many steps of the way, over and over and over. I tried it on multiple Macs, I tried different versions of OS X, and I tried it with different voices including Cepstral, I reinstalled, repaired permissions, fixed privileges, ad infinitum, and still, not once did I experience an A-Z conversion.
In the end I stitched together a little hack utilizing the following Applescript and some regular expressions. Feel free to copy and paste it and go nuts.
--Part 1:
set soundLocation to (choose file name default name "text2audio.aiff")
--Part 2:
set theText to (the clipboard as string)
say theText saving to soundLocation
Unfortunately I wasted way too much time taking this utility and leading it by the hand, through many steps of the way, over and over and over. I tried it on multiple Macs, I tried different versions of OS X, and I tried it with different voices including Cepstral, I reinstalled, repaired permissions, fixed privileges, ad infinitum, and still, not once did I experience an A-Z conversion.
In the end I stitched together a little hack utilizing the following Applescript and some regular expressions. Feel free to copy and paste it and go nuts.
--Part 1:
set soundLocation to (choose file name default name "text2audio.aiff")
--Part 2:
set theText to (the clipboard as string)
say theText saving to soundLocation
Many thanks - Version: 2.2.1, 5/1/2006 06:50PM PST
(0 of 1 users found this comment useful)
gelfling545
I have been searching for a way to supply audio files to my foreign language students. Most methods I have used have been cumbersome in the extreme. This is so amazingly easy to use that you have saved me hours of work. I jsut downloaded it today and already have assembled a large bank of vocabulary lists for student practice. I'll be buying this application immediately.
Re: haven't heard better voices than Plaintalk? - Version: 1.6, 5/18/2004 02:17PM PST
Nadeem_F
If anyone is interested in a better tts than Plaintalk, the best is free, but it tricky to get working. Presumably if Apple put a few hours into making it OSX-integrated we'd have the best built-in speech system of any platform.
http://festvox.org/voicedemos.html
I'd love iSpeak to utilise this tts engine.
http://festvox.org/voicedemos.html
I'd love iSpeak to utilise this tts engine.
Awesome - Version: 1.5, 4/1/2004 07:26PM PST
(0 of 1 users found this comment useful)
tyrayner
Such a brilliant idea. The app is simple and elegant and works perfectly. Integration with iTunes is tight and seamless. Interface is minimal, clean, and Apple-like in design. The concept behind it is unique, smart and practical. 5 stars all the way.
Re: haven't heard better voices than Plaintalk? - Version: 1.4, 2/19/2004 08:48PM PST
(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)
michaelelliott_dotmac
For good voice synthesis, check this out:
http://www.naturalvoices.att.com/demos/index.html
Michael
http://www.naturalvoices.att.com/demos/index.html
Michael
