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Automating Text-to-Speech Video Narration
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  by Jeff Carlson <jeffc@tidbits.com>
  article link: <http://db.tidbits.com/article/9497>

  In last week's article about the Aperture 2.0.1 update and its
  improved AppleScript support, I mentioned in passing that the
  narration used in some accompanying demonstration videos was
  artificial - the product of Mac OS X text-to-speech technology
  instead of a human voiceover (see "Aperture 2.0.1 Update Enhanced by
  AppleScript," 2007-09-07).

<http://db.tidbits.com/article/9491>

  However, I made one mistake, for which I must apologize to the women
  living inside my computer: the voice used in the video is not
  Victoria. I made a guess based on listening to the ladies in the
  Speech preference pane, but Sal Soghoian, product manager for
  automation technologies at Apple, set me straight. She's Lucy, the
  female British English voice from Acapela (and available in
  AssistiveWare's Infovox iVox; see "Macs Speak Clearly with Infovox
  iVox," 2007-09-07).

<http://www.acapela-group.com/english-uk-35-text-to-voice.html>
<http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php>
<http://db.tidbits.com/article/9155>

  Soghoian noted that his training podcasts all employ non-human
  voices. To learn how he's making it work, check out the "Rendered
  Narrations" video at Automator.us.

<http://automator.us/leopard/video/>



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