Overview

Speech Central is an advanced text-to-speech app for macOS that uses a proprietary engine to enhance Apple and AI voices (OpenAI, Azure, Google) with emotion and variation for superior realism. With over 80 customization settings, Speech Central offers intelligent PDF processing that removes distractions like footnotes and headers, supports 20+ document formats including scanned PDFs with OCR, and features automatic language detection across 20+ languages. Perfect for reading articles, documents, ebooks, and RSS feeds with cross-device playlist syncing. Optimized for macOS 15 Sequoia with extensive keyboard shortcuts and accessibility features. Trusted by over 500,000 users worldwide.

Pricing: $9.99 (one-time purchase)

Minimum macOS: 13.0 (Ventura)

Architecture: Apple Silicon, Intel

Key Features

• Proprietary engine enhances Apple and AI voices with emotion and variation
• Support for OpenAI, Azure, and Google AI voices
• Microsoft AI free tier available without charges
• Intelligent PDF processing removes footnotes, headers, citations, and web links
• OCR support for scanned PDFs with recognized titles
• Support for 20+ document formats (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, ODT, ODP, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF)
• Automatic language detection across 20+ languages
• Over 80 settings and customization options
• Web article and RSS feed support
• Cross-device playlist syncing with iOS version
• Paste and Read command (Command + Shift + V)
• Extensive keyboard shortcuts for playback control
• Audio export using Apple voices
• Built-in annotation and knowledge tools
• Optimized for macOS 15 Sequoia
• Accessibility features for visually impaired users
• Available on Mac App Store since 2017
• Over 500,000 downloads worldwide
• Nominated for best iOS accessible app (2020, 2017)
• One-time purchase with no subscription

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