All iPads Convert text to mp3 - iPad OS alternatives to Balabolka?

[albanoguarralavate]

I would like to transform law review articles into mp3-archives (German and English language). On Windows, I use a program called "Balabolka" and a SAPI4-voice (or, several for that matter). Moreover, since I do not need excellent quality, I set the parameters to mono/16Hz, which allows for relatively small mp3-archives (sometimes the articles are rather long and the mp3-archive, consequently spans over 90 minutes).

This seems to be a rather straightforward task. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find anything similar under iPad OS (or MacOS, for that matter - though it runs fine under W11 Parallels on my Macbook Pro 16 M1Max). All the apps available have very limited functionality: Either they just read or no adjustments can be made or saving takes forever (really, a native ARM software should be much faster than Windows, but is not, rather the opposite).

I would even be willing to pay money. Still, I have not found anything to even remotely suit my needs. Even English-only or (although I know that would not be the right forum) anything for MacOS would be a step.
I would therefore appreciate any pertinent and meaningful advice. Thank you.
Cheers
Alba

 

[Rafterman]

I would like to transform law review articles into mp3-archives (German and English language). On Windows, I use a program called "Balabolka" and a SAPI4-voice (or, several for that matter). Moreover, since I do not need excellent quality, I set the parameters to mono/16Hz, which allows for relatively small mp3-archives (sometimes the articles are rather long and the mp3-archive, consequently spans over 90 minutes).

This seems to be a rather straightforward task. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find anything similar under iPad OS (or MacOS, for that matter - though it runs fine under W11 Parallels on my Macbook Pro 16 M1Max). All the apps available have very limited functionality: Either they just read or no adjustments can be made or saving takes forever (really, a native ARM software should be much faster than Windows, but is not, rather the opposite).

I would even be willing to pay money. Still, I have not found anything to even remotely suit my needs. Even English-only or (although I know that would not be the right forum) anything for MacOS would be a step.
I would therefore appreciate any pertinent and meaningful advice. Thank you.
Cheers
Alba

Did you see this:

Apparently, you can record reading text to voice, which can be done via shortcuts, which the video gets to towards the end. Its from 2019 though, so I don't know if it's still peritnent.

 

[Davidalan]

Search text to speach in iPad or iPhone App Store

‎Voice Dream Reader

‎2021 Apple Design Award Winner! Voice Dream Reader lets you listen to any document and ebook using text-to-speech. Featured by Apple as Best New App and App of the Day in 81 countries and part of App Store Permanent Collections in Education. “Both experts recommend Voice Dream Reader as the...

apps.apple.com

 

[albanoguarralavate]

Thank you. I will try that out. However, I am skeptical as to the functionality. Will report back once I have checked it out.