The other voices are simply not worthwhile since the quality is too low - Cs and Ds for audiobook conversion.
#Text to speech mac os x mac os x#
In regard to Cepstral voices and other additional voices versus the high quality built-in voices of Mac OS X Lion, I say the best for audiobook conversion are the built-in Alex and the Cepstral David. But I would regard the output from TextSpeech Pro as a B- grade and GhostReader as a solid B grade.
The main problem with TextSpeech Pro that the output sounds harsher, more tinny, and is not as smooth as with GhostReader. "read" can be pronounced "reed" or "red" depending on the context and you can choose which one is best for the output. It has the advantage of being able to customize pronunciation - thus making it more understandable (e.g. But it wins out based on how smooth and understandable the speech is. The output can't be customized as much as with TextSpeech pro, however. GhostReader is the best of the text to speech products because its output is much closer to real human speech than the others. Can the audio output be customized by speed, prosody, pronunciation, etc. Is the audio output easily understandable like a real voice recording rather than a computerized voice? This means the sound has to be smooth and have prosody like real human speech.Ģ. I tried GhostReader, TextSpeech Pro, Narrator, and numerous other applications.ġ. I find it fantastic to listen to audio books since it stimulates the mind in some ways much better than by sight reading a book. Few of the books I am interested in are available as audio books. I like to convert my printed books and textbooks to audio books so I can listen to them while driving long distances to work.
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