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iSpeak 2.0

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iSpeak vocalizes text into speech using Mac OS X built-in speech technology. Simply drag and drop any text into the text box and press the speak button to hear the text being spoken.

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Version 2.0: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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highpass commented on 12 Jun 2006

A nice idea, another alternative is to use Quicksilver, and assign a button combo to 'speak selection', which works from any application.

[Version 2.0]

Jeff Lerch commented on 07 Mar 2006

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the image used here a rip from a Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy icon set? I remember seeing either at yellow icon or icon factory.

Either way, it's not too cool to take other people's images without their permission. I hope that's not the case.

[Version 1.5]

Anonymous reviewed on 20 Aug 2005

Better than TextEdit? Somebody needs an education here.

With OS X you can voice text _anywhere_ it's selected. Anywhere.

But there's something wrong with TextEdit? Uh - OK...

And this widget is handy?

Oh yeah?

For what?

[Version 1.2]

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Anonymous commented on 21 Aug 2005

;)

Anonymous commented on 21 Aug 2005

when i select the text in Firefox and go Firefox menu - Services - Speach; Start speaking and Stop Speaking are disabled.

Can anyone help?

Anonymous reviewed on 19 Aug 2005

Heh, it's nice that a new background image is used, but it looks like a lot of the code for this widget is straight from Apple's "Voices" widget. If you install Apple's free developer tools, you can see the Voices code at:
/Developer/Examples/Dashboard Sample Code/Voices

Or try out the actual widget and you can play with the different system voices:
/Developer/Examples/Dashboard/Sample Widgets/Voices.wdgt

[Version 1.1]

+76

Schmelding commented on 17 Aug 2005

The widget is just a tad bloated because the author decided to keep the source Photoshop PSDs in the widget instead of removing them before packaging. Also, I don't care for the "Hi there sexy! What would you like me to say?" greeting when it starts up. I can change things like that myself, but for the uninitiated it would be nice to have a couple of config choices so the user can decide to listen to that or not.

Other than those things, this is a very handy widget. 4 stars.

[Version 1.1]

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Anonymous commented on 18 Aug 2005

he he :)

Anonymous reviewed on 14 Aug 2005

really nice background image!
url anyone?

[Version 1.0]

Anonymous reviewed on 11 Aug 2005

Nice screenshot!! Where's the picture from?

[Version 1.0]

Anonymous reviewed on 11 Aug 2005

Uh It's not a very good idea to use someone's icons without their permission. I believe that those are Everaldo Coelho's Hitchhicker icons.

http://www.everaldo.com/

[Version 1.0]

Anonymous reviewed on 11 Aug 2005

fun widget now it would be nice if you could do something like attach the voice to an email or something

[Version 1.0]

Anonymous reviewed on 11 Aug 2005

Now be nice everybody, this guy just switched over.

Thanks for developing cool Mac apps!

[Version 1.0]

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Downloads:13,340

Version Downloads:9,270

Type:Dashboard : Miscellaneous

License:Free

Date:11 Jun 2006

Platform:PPC / Intel

Price:Free

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iSpeak vocalizes text into speech using Mac OS X built-in speech technology. Simply drag and drop any text into the text box and press the speak button to hear the text being spoken.

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