You can change those but I use a different voice then what's on my computer. and it sounds pretty good. You can use the man command to bring up a manual of everything the say command can do.
Good luck. On Mar 28, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: > That's very interesting Sarah. What about the parameters though, like > intonation and pitch. does this use the current pitch, and intonation > settings? > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah k Alawami" <[email protected]> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 1:58 PM > Subject: Re: Text to Speech parameters > > >> Actually I don't use that any more. I use the say command as it's a lot >> more flexible so do this. >> >> 1. Create a file using a text editor and save it on your desk top as a txt >> file. >> >> 2. open up a terminal prompt. >> >> 3. type say followed by -f tenth path to the file. it helps if you can copy >> and paste the file as it copies the path. >> 4. type -v then voice name >> 5. type -r followed by rate. >> >> 6. type -o followed by the output file plus the extension aiff >> >> If you want the progress spoken then type --progress. >> >> An example might look like this. >> >> say -f ~/desktop/myfile.txt --progress -v tom -r 350 -o my file.aiff >> >> I then convert with amadeus pro to m4a and add it to iTunes, or upload it to >> youmail or line2 or what not. >> >> I can also convert it to m4b as it might or might not be a text book for >> class. >> >> Take care. >> On Mar 28, 2013, at 9:46 AM, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> are there any other parameters that can control the speaking voice when >>> adding text as a spoken track to iTunes? >>> >>> I know about the [[rate nnn]] parameter. >>> >>> I'm thinking specifically of the pitch and intonation parameters. >>> >>> I suppose I should take my own oft spoken advice and do a little >>> experimentation on my own. 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