Finding system sound file?

[Thiol]

Hi all, this one is a long shot, but here goes... I'm trying to find the file for a sound effect in OS X. Under System Preferences, Date & Time, Announce the time, Customize Voice, there are voice samples. Does anyone know where these are located in the system? I was hoping to use one for other alerts. Thanks!

 

[yellow]

/System/Library/Speech/Voices

 

[Thiol]

Thanks Yellow! Do you happen to know what kind of file it is? I can't find an application to play it and I can't seem to choose it as a sound file for other alerts (i.e. new mail).

Maybe a better question is: Should I just try to record it? If so, can anyone else recommend an application that will record a system sound? Something like Grab for sound instead of screenshots...

 

[Darth.Titan]

I knew I'd heard a way to do this, I just had to find it. It requires some Terminal work, but nothing intimidating.

Record Text-to-Speech

The short form:

say -v Alex -o "audiofile.aiff" "read this"

 

[Thiol]

I knew I'd heard a way to do this, I just had to find it. It requires some Terminal work, but nothing intimidating.

Record Text-to-Speech

The short form:

say -v Alex -o "audiofile.aiff" "read this"

Dude, you rock. Thanks!