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From: Basil Jet on 25 May 2010 08:13

I have hundreds of .txt files that I need to convert to mp3 files for
revision purposes. I was very happy with Alive Text To Speech on the PC,
but they seem not to do a Mac version. Can anyone recommend a spy-free
Mac alternative, preferably free? Thanks. Alternatively, since speed is
not really an issue, how successful are Windows emulators?
From: Woody on 25 May 2010 08:19
Basil Jet <johnr(a)journeyflow.spamspam.com> wrote:

> I have hundreds of .txt files that I need to convert to mp3 files for
> revision purposes. I was very happy with Alive Text To Speech on the PC,
> but they seem not to do a Mac version. Can anyone recommend a spy-free
> Mac alternative, preferably free? Thanks. Alternatively, since speed is
> not really an issue, how successful are Windows emulators?

You could use something like audio hijack with textedit and select
'speak text'

--
Woody

www.alienrat.com
From: James Jolley on 25 May 2010 08:28
On 2010-05-25 13:13:48 +0100, Basil Jet <johnr(a)journeyflow.spamspam.com> said:

>
> I have hundreds of .txt files that I need to convert to mp3 files for
> revision purposes. I was very happy with Alive Text To Speech on the
> PC, but they seem not to do a Mac version. Can anyone recommend a
> spy-free Mac alternative, preferably free? Thanks. Alternatively, since
> speed is not really an issue, how successful are Windows emulators?

This one does fall into my sort of awareness. There is a good app
called Ghostreader

http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php

The other suggestion of using Textedit is fine, if you're not wanting
to have flexibility over the reading. Ghostreader does have
rewind/fastforward controls.

Best

-James-

From: Basil Jet on 25 May 2010 08:45
On 25/05/2010 13:19, Woody wrote:
> Basil Jet<johnr(a)journeyflow.spamspam.com> wrote:
>
>> I have hundreds of .txt files that I need to convert to mp3 files for
>> revision purposes. I was very happy with Alive Text To Speech on the PC,
>> but they seem not to do a Mac version. Can anyone recommend a spy-free
>> Mac alternative, preferably free? Thanks. Alternatively, since speed is
>> not really an issue, how successful are Windows emulators?
>
> You could use something like audio hijack with textedit and select
> 'speak text'

Thanks, but I don't need text to speech, I need text to mp3. I need to
end up with mp3 CDs I can listen to in the car.
From: Jim on 25 May 2010 08:52
On 2010-05-25, Basil Jet <johnr(a)journeyflow.spamspam.com> wrote:
> On 25/05/2010 13:19, Woody wrote:
>> Basil Jet<johnr(a)journeyflow.spamspam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have hundreds of .txt files that I need to convert to mp3 files for
>>> revision purposes. I was very happy with Alive Text To Speech on the PC,
>>> but they seem not to do a Mac version. Can anyone recommend a spy-free
>>> Mac alternative, preferably free? Thanks. Alternatively, since speed is
>>> not really an issue, how successful are Windows emulators?
>>
>> You could use something like audio hijack with textedit and select
>> 'speak text'
>
> Thanks, but I don't need text to speech, I need text to mp3. I need to
> end up with mp3 CDs I can listen to in the car.

Which is where the Audio Hijack part of Woody's answer comes in - it would
capture the audio from TextEdit and save it as an mp3.

Jim
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