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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

Pika Speech is an expressive text-to-speech model built for the inflection, rhythm, and timbre that make narration, characters, and spoken moments feel human. Rather than simply reading text aloud, it is designed to set the tone and give creators control over how a line is delivered. Users can choose from preset voices or create a voice clone from only a few seconds of reference audio, then direct the performance with a caption describing the desired delivery, such as bright and brisk, low and reflective, crisp and formal, or a custom style. The model generates 48 kHz audio and supports requests up to five minutes long, making it suitable for narration, character dialogue, product experiences, storytelling, and other spoken-content workflows. It is also designed for fast iteration: in Pika’s local testing, a real-time factor of 0.02 means that one minute of speech takes about one second to generate.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Supported
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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

Filmmakers, game developers, storytellers, creators, and product teams seeking to generate expressive speech, narration, character voices, and cloned voices from text with controllable delivery

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

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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.
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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

Pika
Founded: 2023
United States
experiment.pika.art/blog/pika-audio-models

Alternatives

TextAloud

TextAloud

NextUp Technologies

Alternatives

Eleven v4

Eleven v4

ElevenLabs
Voisi

Voisi

Teknikforce

Categories

Text to Speech Supported

Categories

AI Models Supported

Integrations

Brave Browser Supported
ElevenLabs Supported
Google Chrome Supported
Microsoft Edge Supported
Pika Not Supported
Safari Supported
Siri Supported

Integrations

Brave Browser Not Supported
ElevenLabs Not Supported
Google Chrome Not Supported
Microsoft Edge Not Supported
Pika Supported
Safari Not Supported
Siri Not Supported
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