There are many free text to speech software available in the market. Most of these software work almost the same way – basically convert to speech. They differ in the type of documents that they support, and in ease of conversion from text to speech. GhostReader is an easy to use, fully customizable Text to Speech app that allows you to listen to written text on your Mac. Read selected texts from any other application, import texts in several formats and listen to them on the go.

Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Dictation. Turn on Dictation and choose from these Dictation options: • Choose whether to use, which lets you use dictation when you're not connected to the Internet. • Choose your language and dialect. Some languages, such as English, have multiple dialects. • Choose the keyboard shortcut you will use to start start dictating.

• Choose your preferred microphone from the pop-up menu below the microphone icon. In macOS Sierra, you can to “turn on Dictation” for you. Siri isn't the same as Dictation, but you can ask Siri to compose short messages, such as email and text messages. • Go to a document or other text field and place the insertion point where you want your dictated text to appear. • Press the keyboard shortcut for starting dictation, or choose Edit > Start Dictation. The default shortcut is Fn Fn (press the Fn key twice).

When your Mac is listening, it displays a microphone to the left or right of the page, aligned with the insertion point. If you turn on, the microphone appears in the lower-right corner of your screen, and you can drag it to another position. When your Mac can hear you, the input meter inside the microphone rises and falls as you speak. • Speak the words that you want your Mac to type. Dictation learns the characteristics of your voice and adapts to your accent, so the more you use it, the better it understands you. If it doesn't understand you,. • To stop dictating, click Done below the microphone icon, press Fn once, or switch to another window. Speak the following words to enter punctuation or other characters.

These may vary by language or dialect. Enhanced Dictation is available in OS X Mavericks v10.9 or later. With Enhanced Dictation: • You can dictate continuously. • You can dictate without being connected to the Internet. • Your words might convert to text more quickly. • You can to tell your Mac what to do. Without Enhanced Dictation, your spoken words and certain other data are to be converted into text and help your Mac understand what you mean.

As a result, your Mac must be connected to the Internet, your words might not convert to text as quickly, and you can speak for no more than 40 seconds at a time (30 seconds in OS X Yosemite or earlier). If you're on a business or school network that uses a proxy server, Dictation might not be able to connect to the Internet.

Have your network administrator refer to the list of. • To use dictation on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap the microphone on the onscreen keyboard, then speak.

Consult your or user guide for details. • If the Slow Keys or Sticky Keys feature is turned on in the Accessibility pane of System Preferences, the default keyboard shortcuts for dictation might not work. If you need to use those accessibility features, create a custom dictation shortcut: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, click Dictation, then choose “Customize” from the Shortcut menu.