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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.
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Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka. The on-screen text can be saved as an audio file. The program can read the clipboard content, extract text from documents, customize font and background color, and control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys. Balabolka supports text file formats AZW, AZW3, CHM, DjVu, DOC, DOCX, EML, EPUB, FB2, FB3, HTML, LIT, MD, MOBI, ODP, ODS, ODT, PDB, PRC, PDF, PPT, PPTX, RTF, TCR, WPD, XLS, XLSX. The program uses various versions of Microsoft Speech API (SAPI); it allows to alter a voice's parameters, including rate and pitch. The user can apply a special substitution list to improve the quality of the voice's articulation. This feature is useful when you want to change the spelling of words. The rules for pronunciation correction use the syntax of regular expressions. Balabolka can save the synchronized text in external LRC files or in MP3 tags.
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Platforms Supported
Windows
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Mac
Supported
Linux
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Cloud
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On-Premises
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iPhone
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iPad
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Android
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Chromebook
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Platforms Supported
Windows
Supported
Mac
Not Supported
Linux
Not Supported
Cloud
Not Supported
On-Premises
Not Supported
iPhone
Not Supported
iPad
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Android
Not Supported
Chromebook
Not Supported
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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.
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Audience
Companies, researchers, and individuals seeking a tool to save on-screen text as audio files
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Support
Phone Support
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24/7 Live Support
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Online
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Support
Phone Support
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24/7 Live Support
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Online
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API
Offers API
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API
Offers API
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Screenshots and VideosNo images available
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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
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Free Trial
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Pricing
Free
Free Version
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Free Trial
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Training
Documentation
Supported
Webinars
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Live Online
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In Person
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Training
Documentation
Supported
Webinars
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Live Online
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In Person
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Company InformationAloud
United States
aloudapp.app/
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Company InformationBalabolka
Founded: 2006
United States
www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm
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Integrations
Brave Browser
Supported
ElevenLabs
Supported
Google Chrome
Supported
Microsoft Edge
Supported
Microsoft Office 2021
Not Supported
Safari
Supported
Siri
Supported
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Integrations
Brave Browser
Not Supported
ElevenLabs
Not Supported
Google Chrome
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Microsoft Edge
Not Supported
Microsoft Office 2021
Supported
Safari
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Siri
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