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Life & fun · June 24, 2021

SpeakLine

Let your Mac talk to you

SpeakLine launched on June 24, 2021 with 84 votes, #680 of 3,650 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

Visit apps.apple.com ↗SpeakLine alternativestop 19% of June 2021

What it does

Type, paste, or import text and save it as an audio file! Pick from a selection of voices and languages to narrate your text. Save it to share or play it right there in the app!

Download SpeakLine – Text to Speech by Alexander Kaessner on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like SpeakLine – Text…

This is as good as any text to speak--and they are not a lot devoted to this. I have Bulbar ALS and can't speak so the ease of typing and volume and accent/voice controls are very good. It would be perfect if I could stroke a key to speak what was written and have it automatically erase (with a repeat button if people didn't hear) because 90% of the time I am not repeating myself. Instead, I have to use my mouse to play and manually delete each sentenece so as to not repeat it. This is as good as any text to speak--and they are not a lot devoted to this. I have Bulbar ALS and can't speak so the ease of typing and volume and accent/voice controls are very good. It would be perfect if I could…from apps.apple.com

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