Filed under: Features, How-tos
Open Automator and find the following actions, then drag them to the workflow area (in the same order):
- Get Specified Text
- Text to Audio File
Running the workflow
With these two actions in place, you can enter text into the Get Specified Text action, and a file name in the Text to Audio File action, and run it with great results. The text that you enter will be magically encoded into audio using the specified voice in the audio file action.
Read on to learn more about saving the workflow, and adding additional options.
Continue reading Mac Automation: Make your text speak its mind
TUAWMac Automation: Make your text speak its mind originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
New iPod Shuffle Contains $22 Worth of Parts
BusinessWeek reports on a teardown of the new iPod shuffle by research firm iSuppli, revealing that Apple's diminutive player contains approximately $22 worth of parts.
All told, the cost of the shuffle's components, the headphones, a...
Steve Jobs is never very far away
According to the Wall Street Journal which quotes sources in Cupertino, Steve Jobs keeps a close eye on his company in spite of the fact that he announced to have taken a break. Even though he leaves the current management of the business with Tim Cook, he is never very far away and continuous to supervise the important projects and the testing of the future products. He would thus devote time to check that the iPhone OS 3.0 interface matches his expectations.
In addition to the fact that this advertisement comes at good time to please the markets, it reassures us on his health condition, something that we have no information on since he announced his temporary withdrawal.
Apple Ordered 4 Million New iPhones for Q2 2009?
Slashphone recaps a ChinaTimes / Commercial Times report which claims that Apple has placed an order for 4 million units of the next generation iPhone. Per Slashphone's summary:
According to its insider news, Apple has already ordered...
Mac Automation: Make your text speak its mind
Filed under: Features, How-tos
Open Automator and find the following actions, then drag them to the workflow area (in the same order):
- Get Specified Text
- Text to Audio File
Running the workflow
With these two actions in place, you can enter text into the Get Specified Text action, and a file name in the Text to Audio File action, and run it with great results. The text that you enter will be magically encoded into audio using the specified voice in the audio file action.
Read on to learn more about saving the workflow, and adding additional options.
Continue reading Mac Automation: Make your text speak its mind
TUAWMac Automation: Make your text speak its mind originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
New iPod Shuffle Contains $22 Worth of Parts
BusinessWeek reports on a teardown of the new iPod shuffle by research firm iSuppli, revealing that Apple's diminutive player contains approximately $22 worth of parts.
All told, the cost of the shuffle's components, the headphones, a...
Steve Jobs is never very far away
According to the Wall Street Journal which quotes sources in Cupertino, Steve Jobs keeps a close eye on his company in spite of the fact that he announced to have taken a break. Even though he leaves the current management of the business with Tim Cook, he is never very far away and continuous to supervise the important projects and the testing of the future products. He would thus devote time to check that the iPhone OS 3.0 interface matches his expectations.
In addition to the fact that this advertisement comes at good time to please the markets, it reassures us on his health condition, something that we have no information on since he announced his temporary withdrawal.
Apple Ordered 4 Million New iPhones for Q2 2009?
Slashphone recaps a ChinaTimes / Commercial Times report which claims that Apple has placed an order for 4 million units of the next generation iPhone. Per Slashphone's summary:
According to its insider news, Apple has already ordered...
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