Not very long ago in a tech universe really pretty close in time, I had a handy dandy browser/app program called SoundGecko. Alas, RIP, but it appears to have been resurrected in the form of Narro and in ways that make it even more useful.
With Narro, you can turn any text from a post into voice. My favorite voice is the UK one called “Brian”. These bot voices have come a long way toward humanity in the last year. Brian’s voice is delightful.
I love how easy it is to convert a post. If you are into podcasts or in this case audio newsletters, then here is the link to mine on Narro.
Here is a copy of this post I created on Narro and then downloaded and added here. Easy, so easy.
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Thanks Terry, maybe there is an audio uncanny valley to explore.
In Mac OS X there is a command line “say” command to speak any text, and you can rig up some commands to read the source from a file and save as audio. Been a while since I used it, but it was useful for a talk where I wanted my computer to “talk” back to me…
https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/make-your-mac-talk-say-command/
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It still sounds strange to my ears … sorry, Brian. You da (fake) man!
Kevin