10.5: Create high-quality audio books

Nov 19, '07 07:30:09AM

Contributed by: PizzaCake

Using the new ultra-realistic Alex voice in Leopard, you can create an audio book out of any text. Open Automator and add the following steps:

  1. Text: Get Contents of TextEdit Document
  2. Text: Text to Audio File (using Alex as the voice)
  3. Music: Import Audio Files (I use AAC encoder)
  4. [Optional] Music: Set Options of iTunes Songs -- check Remember Playback Position
  5. [Optional] Music: Set Info of iTunes Songs
  6. [Optional] Music: Import Files into iTunes -- specify playlist here
Tips: [robg adds: I haven't tested this one.]

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