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About

Aloud is a native macOS text-to-speech app for listening to selected text, PDFs, screenshots, images, and web articles. It reads selections from other Mac apps, can skip PDF headers, footers, and page numbers, recognize scanned pages and image text on-device, and highlight words as they are spoken. Users can control playback in a small floating reader, resume recent readings, adjust speed, set pronunciations, and export audio as M4A. Voices include those installed on macOS and the optional Kokoro neural voice, which runs locally on supported Macs. Users may also connect their own ElevenLabs or Cartesia API key for cloud voices, with those providers billing usage separately. Aloud is designed for Mac users who want to listen while working with documents, research, writing, or web content. It requires macOS 14 or later and is sold as a one-time purchase.

About

Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech, allowing you to create applications that talk, and build entirely new categories of speech-enabled products. Polly's Text-to-Speech (TTS) service uses advanced deep learning technologies to synthesize natural sounding human speech. With dozens of lifelike voices across a broad set of languages, you can build speech-enabled applications that work in many different countries. In addition to Standard TTS voices, Amazon Polly offers Neural Text-to-Speech (NTTS) voices that deliver advanced improvements in speech quality through a new machine learning approach. Polly’s Neural TTS technology also supports two speaking styles that allow you to better match the delivery style of the speaker to the application: a Newscaster reading style that is tailored to news narration use cases, and a Conversational speaking style that is ideal for two-way communication like telephony applications.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Mac users, including students, researchers, writers, and people with dyslexia or eye strain, who want to listen to text, PDFs, screenshots, and web articles.

Audience

Organizations that want to create applications that talk, and build entirely new categories of speech-enabled products using text-to-speech technology

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

No images available

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$19 one-time
$19 one-time license per Mac; no recurring Aloud subscription. Optional ElevenLabs or Cartesia voice usage is billed separately by those services.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
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Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Aloud
United States
aloudapp.app/

Company Information

Amazon
Founded: 1994
United States
aws.amazon.com/polly/

Alternatives

TextAloud

TextAloud

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Alternatives

ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs

4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazon Lex

Amazon Lex

Amazon
Murf AI

Murf AI

5.0 out of 5 stars

Categories

Text to Speech Supported

Categories

Text to Speech Features

Adjust Speaking Rate / Pitch Supported
API Supported
Audio Optimization Supported
Custom Lexicons Supported
Different Voice Choices Supported
Multi-Language Support Supported
Synchronize Speech Supported

Integrations

1forAll.ai Not Supported
AWS AI Services Not Supported
AWS App Mesh Not Supported
AWS Lambda Not Supported
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Not Supported
Brave Browser Supported
ElevenLabs Supported
Fleece AI Not Supported
Google Chrome Supported
Lont Not Supported
Microsoft Edge Supported
NetSapiens Not Supported
PubNub Not Supported
Quintype Ahead Not Supported
Safari Supported
Siri Supported
Smart IVR Not Supported
Unremot Not Supported
Videostew Not Supported
Vision Agents Not Supported

Integrations

1forAll.ai Supported
AWS AI Services Supported
AWS App Mesh Supported
AWS Lambda Supported
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Supported
Brave Browser Not Supported
ElevenLabs Not Supported
Fleece AI Supported
Google Chrome Not Supported
Lont Supported
Microsoft Edge Not Supported
NetSapiens Supported
PubNub Supported
Quintype Ahead Supported
Safari Not Supported
Siri Not Supported
Smart IVR Supported
Unremot Supported
Videostew Supported
Vision Agents Supported
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