Pika SpeechPika
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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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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.
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Platforms Supported
Windows
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Mac
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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
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Mac
Not Supported
Linux
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Cloud
Supported
On-Premises
Not Supported
iPhone
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iPad
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Android
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Chromebook
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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
Filmmakers, game developers, storytellers, creators, and product teams seeking to generate expressive speech, narration, character voices, and cloned voices from text with controllable delivery
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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
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Free Version
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Free Trial
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Training
Documentation
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Webinars
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Live Online
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In Person
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Training
Documentation
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Company InformationAloud
United States
aloudapp.app/
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Company InformationPika
Founded: 2023
United States
experiment.pika.art/blog/pika-audio-models
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Integrations
Brave Browser
Supported
ElevenLabs
Supported
Google Chrome
Supported
Microsoft Edge
Supported
Pika
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Safari
Supported
Siri
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Integrations
Brave Browser
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ElevenLabs
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Google Chrome
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Microsoft Edge
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Pika
Supported
Safari
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Siri
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