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Using the "say" command to make your mac talk [message #265244]

Sun, 24 August 2014 21:53

CyberkNight
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To make your mac talk, open up a terminal windows and type:

say "Hello, world"

The words in quotes will be spoken using the default selected voice in OS X.

OS X comes with 20+ voices available by default. Here's a list of what's available in Leopard (10.5.8):

Female Voices

- Agnes
- Kathy
- Princess
- Vicki
- Victoria

Male Voices

- Alex
- Bruce
- Fred
- Junior
- Ralph

Novelty Voices

- Albert
- Bad News
- Bahh
- Bells
- Boing
- Bubbles
- Cellos
- Deranged
- Good News
- Hysterical
- Pipe Organ
- Trinoids
- Whisper
- Zarvox

To use a voice other than the default, use the '-v' option (e.g. say -v "Pipe Organ" "Hello, world")

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