bash_profile to evoke it by typing speak. I save it to my scripts as "mand", chmod it +x, and add the appropriate alias to my. # Choose a voice in one of some selected languagesĮcho "ERROR. I hope you can find a solution that fits yours. With it, All I do to change the default language is to pop into the terminal to type speak swedish or speak french. I do prefer the terminal, and instead of testing the polyglot menu-bar intrusion, I made this (admittedly simple-stupid) shell script (which uses voices) for my language-switching needs. Here it is (updated): tell application "System Preferences"ĭelay 0.2 - without this the value was sometimes "Loading Voices…"Ĭlick menu item "Mehr Stimmen anzeigen" of menu 1 - show up all available voiceĭirect changes to ~/Library/Preferences/.ist are not really needed if you get the bash-script Voices which really adds all the command-line functionality you need.Īn Apple Script to change the standard voice to Alex using Voices would simply look like this: on run My code lack a bit of elegance, but works. The problem is, when your system language is not english, all non system languages are hidden (if not currently selected). I have extended your UI scripting approach to work properly with german and english voices.
#Voice to text on a mac how to
Tell pop up button 1 of tab group 1 of window 1Ĭhanging the SelectedVoiceID key in .ist also works, but I don't know how to apply the changes immediately. Tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences" WorkflowServiceRunner can also use over 100% CPU while speaking text.Īnother option would be to use UI scripting to change between two voices: tell application "System Preferences" There is a bug in 10.7 and 10.8 where the shortcuts for Automator services don't always work until you hover over the services menu from the menu bar. You could also create a service in Automator: It is built into the OS, making it easy to get started.
#Voice to text on a mac for mac
For Mac users looking for a way to control their computer with voice commands rather than needing to use a mouse or keyboard, Apple Dictation is the way to go. Aside from converting speech to text, this built-in Google Docs feature allows you to use voice commands such as create bulleted list or select paragraph. Best for: Controlling your Mac computer and transcribing short text using speech.
#Voice to text on a mac software
Tell application "System Events" to keystroke "c" using command down Google Docs Voice Typin g This easy-to-use software is a great choice for people who do most of their typing on Google Docs on Chrome. I have used FastScripts to assign a shortcut to this script: try