The macOS built-in say
CLI for JavaScript
npm i mac-say
import {say} from 'mac-say';
await say('Hello, world!');
await say('Hello! My name is Cellos.', {voice: 'Cellos'});
Type: string
The content to be converted to audible speech.
Type: SayOptions
Optional. All available options are listed below:
type SayOptions = {
voice?: string;
rate?: number;
audioDevice?: string;
quality?: number;
inputFile?: string;
outputFile?: string;
networkSend?: string;
channels?: number;
skipRunningCheck?: boolean;
};
Please refer to man say
for usage of all options.
To obtain a list of audio output devices.
Returns a Promise<Device[]>
.
To obtain a list of audio data formats for a file format specified explicitly or by file name.
Returns a Promise<DataFormat[]>
.
Type: string
Formats other than linear PCM are specified by giving their format identifiers (aac, alac).
To obtain a list of writable file formats.
Returns a Promise<FileFormat[]>
.
To obtain a list of voices installed in the system.
Returns a Promise<Voice[]>
.
To obtain the information of the say
process.
Returns a Promise<ProcessDescriptor | undefined>
.
To kill the say process if it's running.
- Say - Spoken Content - macOS built-in Spoken Content interface
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