I have gotten Leopard's new voice Alex to read something in Textedit, but is there a way to save it to an AAC or MP3 format?
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How do I record Alex's voice in Leopard?
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Here are two Applescripts that work in 10.2, 10.3 and Tiger... no reason why they're not worth trying in Leopard. They're free and work like a charm.
http://www.apple.com/applescript/macosx/text2audio.html
http://www.apple.com/applescript/macosx/text2audio.html
Maclicious
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BlakTornado
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I know it's not the same solution but you could try the demo of Audio Hijack if you only need it a little bit.
http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
there's a free demo, which should do the job. Just click the plus in the bottom left corner and select textedit (or the application you're making speak) and then hijack and record 🙂
Not exactly what you're looking for but it should do what you need it to do!
http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
there's a free demo, which should do the job. Just click the plus in the bottom left corner and select textedit (or the application you're making speak) and then hijack and record 🙂
Not exactly what you're looking for but it should do what you need it to do!
Maclicious
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I found the answer myself
Well,
I found someone else online who found the answer. Here's a great way to create an automator application that will do it. NOTE: use one of the commenter's suggestions to avoid leaving AIFFs lying about.
I did this to a 9 hour novel and listened to it with Alex. Once getting used to the cadence, it was great.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071105131542736
Well,
I found someone else online who found the answer. Here's a great way to create an automator application that will do it. NOTE: use one of the commenter's suggestions to avoid leaving AIFFs lying about.
I did this to a 9 hour novel and listened to it with Alex. Once getting used to the cadence, it was great.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071105131542736
Wow, so simple! This is the first time I've even opened Automator in 9 months since I switched to Mac, and I'm surprised how easy it was to use. Thanks, now I've got a way to spit out lyrics for this electro track I've been working on 🙂