alt Hacker NewsWho is going to hack together a mac widget that allows us to select text anywhere, press a shortcut key and finally get a non robotic voice outputted in a reasonable amount of time?
I am aware of the Option + Esc shortcut on osx for the onboard TTS but wow is it hard to listen to in 2026.
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Cyberdog • yesterday at 10:58 PM
In System Settings, if you go to Accessibility and click "Read & Speak" in the "Vision" section, you can select a different voice using the "System voice" section. Click the "(i)" to preview your various options and even download more. Some, like "Allison (Enhanced)," sound leagues better than the default voice.
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Have you tried /usr/bin/say ? Might already have something sufficient for you - there’s quite a few voices there.