Swift Text-to-Speech software available for Mac OS X
updated 03:40 pm EST, Wed March 16, 2005
Swift TTS software for OSX
has released its Swift Text-to-Speech (TTS) software for Mac OS X. "The advanced operating system has complete built-in support for speech technology, and can take advantage of Cepstral's high quality, natural sounding voices." Cepstral says that Apple has built speech services directly into the operating system and user interface. "With Cepstral's new 3.2 release, Cepstral voices integrate directly under the Apple Speech Manager, and are then available to all applications and services that use TTS." The integrated speech technology allows vocalization of all types of menus, system alerts, web browser, and text content anywhere without requiring a separate program. Cepstral's portfolio includes 18 voices in 6 languages. David, the newest voice, is optimized for reading news and browser content. Cepstral voices are free to try and available for $30 each.
