How to set spoken text in Spanish on a MacBook Air (OS Monterey)

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How to set spoken text in Spanish on a MacBook Air (OS Monterey)

My Mac's main language is English, but I have Spanish listed as a preferred language in settings. I can use Spoken Text from Accessibility to read out written English, but I want to hear material in Spanish with a Spanish voice. (I have created some short TextEdit files of Spanish using GPT Chat.) Google Translate can read aloud anything I paste in, but I have no controls.

Ideally, I want to be able to create sound files that I can send to my iPhone to listen to on the move.

If Mac can't do it, can anyone recommend a safe app, maybe? Thanks in advance!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Jun 11, 2023 4:29 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Jun 11, 2023 5:47 AM in response to Nicfarrow

Have you tried adding a spanish voice?

Change the voice your Mac uses to speak text - Apple Support (IN)

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Nicfarrow Author

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Jun 11, 2023 11:32 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Tom, Thanks!

I am downloading couple of voices now, so that should fix that issue very nicely. (I failed to notice that 'customize" option in Spoken Content until I saw the explanation you pointed me to.)

I will now have controls that I don't have with Google Translate.

And I now see that I can create a tolerable recording using QuickTime Player - enough for language study, so I should be able to work the rest out.

Thanks again,

Nic F

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How to set spoken text in Spanish on a MacBook Air (OS Monterey)

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