LightSpeech

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LightSpeech is a text-to-speech application for macOS 10.8 and later. You select text in any app, and send it to the LightSpeech app which reads it out for you. LightSpeech can help you read long passages, chapters and even entire books. And the app keeps track of your reading statistics which may even motivate you to read more.
Published 2018-11-06
Requires macOS 10.8 or later.​

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Read the LightSpeech User Guide (8 min)

Professional text-to-speech to help you read more!

Adopt the text-to-speech workflow to get more reading done. Keep track of your reading using tags.

Get reading done even in a noisy office or coffee shop 

Play background audio to complement the text-to-speech voice. Stay focused on the text despite a noisy environment.

Works in all Apps: Select text, send to LightSpeech

LightSpeech provides a "Say Text" service available from all apps on macOS. Invoke the service many ways, including quick gestures made possible with clever apps like BetterTouchTool and PopClip.

Designed for long reading sessions: stay motivated

Increase session duration and average speed (words per minute) to improve how much you read. Use tags for topics you want to read. Use LightSpeech in a web browser or an ebook app to  steadily consume your reading list. Even entire books can be read at a steady pace, thanks to text-to-speech technology.