Not sure exactly how they did it but from the unix shell you could use
the say command. So, for example, you could do
say -o testfile "Now is the time"
and you should get an audio file in aiff format with spoken words in the
current voiceover settings. To pull the text to speak from a file called
text you can redirect it into the command
say -o testfile < textfile
There is probably some shell way to convert that aiff to mp3 but it
probably requires installing something like LAME. You could just open it
in itunes and convert it there. You might also be able to set up a
folder event which triggers on a new file addition to fire up iTunes and
import it, but I've never done anything like that.
CB
Victor Tsaran wrote:
Hello all,
From the old Leopard days I remember there was an Automator action
that allowed one to convert from text to Mp3. I recently attempted to
perform the same on Snow Leopard but found several problems.
1. Automator was tremendously slow going through the list of available
actions (with Voiceover saying "busy" etc).
2. I could not locate anything similar to the text-to-mp3 conversion
action that I used in Leopard.
Can anyone please share the light on what's going on here? Is
Automator slow for everyone? Where is the text-to-mp3 functionality?
Thanks,
Victor
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http://ax.itunes.apple.com/us/artist/victor-tsaran/id344507896
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