Narrator is a Mac OS X app that utilizes speech synthesis to read out the contents of a text document using different voices for different parts.
You have arange of "actors" that can portray any number of "characters", so various passages of your document are spoken with differing voices,pitches, inflections, etc.
You can have it read out a play or story with appropriate voices. The words are highlighted on-screen, and there is also a silent read-along option for stage directions, or for you to read out your own parts.
NOTE: To buy Narrator via the App Store an Apple account is required.
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Narrator requires Mac OS X v10.7 or higher (Narrator 2.2.1 is not supported on Mac OS X v10.6 or earlier)
· Made a change to prevent Mac OS X 10.8 Gatekeeper settings from warning that the app is from an unidentified developer