There is something newer (although it is the same under the hood), and it is wrapped in NSSpeechSynthesizer class.

Word color: color the selected words in a chosen color. Highlight content: Highlight the selected words or sentences on the screen, you can also choose Never to disallow highlight selected content. There is another function that can be used, if you get confused of what encoding should the text be passed - SpeakCFString(.).īut those are Carbon-based. You need to use this key combination to activate the text-to-speech feature after you select text on the screen. SetSpeechInfo(chan, soSpeechDoneCallBack, (void*)&SpeechDoneProc) // we install a callback to dispose the channel when ready Void SpeakThisText(const void *text, long size)

There is a 'Speech Synthesis Manager' API that you can use from Mac OS, and - yes - I'll give you a link, since programming DOES require understanding links.īut, here are you also a short (working) example: void SpeechDoneProc (SpeechChannel chan, long refCon) Starting a text-to-speech app is quite simpleand if you use keyboard shortcuts, the process is even quicker.

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