Not many people know how much a voice generator can help them in their everyday lives, especially with long and boring PDFs. Here, we explain to you how this works and the best three PDF voice readers for Mac OS.
Reading can be fun and entertaining, but not many people enjoy it. Imagine you’re one person from the second group and you’re sent a long PDF to read for your class next week. It sounds a bit like torture, doesn’t it? So, to skip a boring and monotonous PDF and be able to remember it better, you might wanna use a voice reader to help you.
A voice reader is a tool that uses text-to-speech (TTS) software to create audio out of a text or document. TTS uses assistive technology to give you the best audio possible out of what you have submitted. They are usually online and you have a large list of TTS to choose from at the moment.
However, not every one of them can turn PDF into audio, and even less are accepted in Mac OS. So, here we present to you three of the best PDF voice reader for you device:
1. Woord
Woord is a free online TTS with a large list of useful features. It gives you the option of selecting a language from a diverse selection of nations and voices. It also lets you to choose the gender of your voice from male, female, or gender-neutral options. This, as well as the languages, are available even during the free trial time, allowing you to test the waters before making a commitment to the premium services.
The voices in this software are extremely realistic and you can edit their speed and format. To turn a PDF into audio, you need to go to www.gowoord.com, pick ‘Online Reader,’ or install the Chrome extension, then go to ‘document to audio’ and upload your file. Press ‘Speak it” and then save it. It’s as simple as that.
2.NaturalReaders
NaturalReaders takes things to a higher level. First and foremost, it supports PDF, Word, TXT, and ePub formats. It can also make audio files from PDF files, in addition to converting text to audio. This means you may put these audio files on your phone and listen to them while going for a morning jog. You may also change the speed and speaker settings. Their most useful tool is the pronunciation editor, which allows you to fine-tune the pronunciation of particular words. NaturalReaders sounds more human as a result of this.
3. Balabolka
Balabolka is capable of converting and saving PDF files to audio formats such as MP3, MP4, OGG, and WMA. Balabolka supports the most file types of any TTS software list I’ve seen so far. It supports AZW, XLS, XLSX, CHM, DjVu, DOC, DOCX, EML, EPUB, FB2, HTML, and more file formats.
There is also a portable version of the program available that may be carried around on a flash drive. It’s useful for those who are always on the move and utilize a variety of computers. There is support for a variety of languages and voices (8 using SAPI 4 by Microsoft). There is a skin pack available to modify the appearance of the UI, as well as the fonts and colors. You may also modify the pitch and pace.
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