Text to audio workflow!
This tip comes from Automator.us. It is an Automator workflow that can convert text to audio and send the audio file to iTunes. Of course, the Leopard voices are used for the conversion so it doesn't sounds as great as an audiobook, but it is very useful if you have to read a text and don't have time. You can just convert it and transfer it to your iPod and listen to it in the car, etc. To create the workflow:
1. Add "Get Contents of Clipboard".
2. Add "Text to Audio File".
3. Add "Import Audio Files".
4. Add "Add Songs to Playlist".
You can get more details about the workflow here from Automator.us (you can also download the workflow from Automator.us).
1. Add "Get Contents of Clipboard".
2. Add "Text to Audio File".
3. Add "Import Audio Files".
4. Add "Add Songs to Playlist".
You can get more details about the workflow here from Automator.us (you can also download the workflow from Automator.us).
posted by Frederic Tremblay at
11/22/2008
5 Comments:
Wow, this one is fantastic! One of the reasons I looked forward to Leopard was exactly to do this, but doing it manually is soooo tedious.
This is an excellent tip. Thank you. While Alex is very good, I would love to get some of those English voices. They make Alex sound like a brain dead robot.
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You can also use the command say in Terminal :
say -f /pathTo/myText.txt
and even change the voice :
say -f /pathTo/myText.txt -v Bruce
To save the result as a file, use :
say -f /pathTo/myText.txt -v Bruce -o outFile.aiff
You can even convert Word or RTF files to audio by mean of the textutil command :
textutil -convert txt myText.rtf -stdout | say
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