macos – Add ‘Good Information’ voice to “Say” instructions

macos – Add ‘Good Information’ voice to “Say” instructions


With macOS Large Sur 11.3.1, the voices Good Information, Unhealthy Information and extra typically all voices categorised as English (United States)- Novelty are usually not put in by default, however that you must set up them. The whole record of the Novelty voices is :

  • Albert
  • Unhealthy Information
  • Bahh
  • Bells
  • Boing
  • Bubbles
  • Cellos
  • Deranged
  • Good Information
  • Hysterical
  • Pipe Organ
  • Trinoids
  • Whisper
  • Zarvox

To put in these, System Preferences > Accessibility. Within the left pane, choose Spoken content material. From the System Voice drop-down menu, you’ll be able to see the record of already put in voices. You possibly can change right here the default voice. Choose Customise so as to add extra voices and extra languages. You possibly can pre-hear these voices by clicking on the voice title after which clicking the Play button. As soon as you choose new voices, click on on OK and they are going to be downloaded. It would take a couple of minutes.

For example, after putting in the voice Good Information, I can use both instructions

say -v Good "i'm a geek"
say -v "Good Information" "i'm a geek"

NB: Nevertheless, not all of the voices listed in Spoken content material can be found with the say command. For example, the voice Siri doesn’t work.

say -v Siri "i'm a geek"

Voice `Siri’ not discovered.

say -v "Siri Voice 1" "i'm a geek"

Voice `Siri Voice 1′ not discovered.

To get the record of voices obtainable, use the terminal command

say -v'?'

For me it shows :

Alex                en_US    # Most individuals acknowledge me by my voice.
Alice               it_IT    # Salve, mi chiamo Alice e sono una voce italiana.
Alva                sv_SE    # Hej, jag heter Alva. Jag är en svensk röst.
Amelie              fr_CA    # Bonjour, je m’appelle Amelie. Je suis une voix canadienne.
Anna                de_DE    # Hallo, ich heiße Anna und ich bin eine deutsche Stimme.
Audrey              fr_FR    # Bonjour, je m’appelle Audrey. Je suis une voix française.
Aurelie             fr_FR    # Bonjour, je m’appelle Aurelie. Je suis une voix française.
Carmit              he_IL    # שלום. קוראים לי כרמית, ואני קול בשפה העברית.
Damayanti           id_ID    # Halo, nama saya Damayanti. Saya berbahasa Indonesia.
Daniel              en_GB    # Howdy, my title is Daniel. I'm a British-English voice.
Diego               es_AR    # Hola, me llamo Diego y soy una voz española.
Ellen               nl_BE    # Hallo, mijn naam is Ellen. Ik ben een Belgische stem.
Fiona               en-scotland # Howdy, my title is Fiona. I'm a Scottish-English voice.
Fred                en_US    # I positive like being inside this fancy pc
Ioana               ro_RO    # Bună, mă cheamă Ioana . Sunt o voce românească.
Joana               pt_PT    # Olá, chamo-me Joana e dou voz ao português falado em Portugal.
Jorge               es_ES    # Hola, me llamo Jorge y soy una voz española.
Juan                es_MX    # Hola, me llamo Juan y soy una voz mexicana.
Kanya               th_TH    # สวัสดีค่ะ ดิฉันชื่อKanya
Karen               en_AU    # Howdy, my title is Karen. I'm an Australian-English voice.
Kate                en_GB    # Howdy, my title is Kate. I'm a British-English voice.
Kyoko               ja_JP    # こんにちは、私の名前はKyokoです。日本語の音声をお届けします。
Laura               sk_SK    # Ahoj. Volám sa Laura . Som hlas v slovenskom jazyku.
Lekha               hi_IN    # नमस्कार, मेरा नाम लेखा है. मैं हिन्दी में बोलने वाली आवाज़ हूँ.
Luca                it_IT    # Salve, mi chiamo Luca e sono una voce italiana.
Luciana             pt_BR    # Olá, o meu nome é Luciana e a minha voz corresponde ao português que é falado no Brasil
Maged               ar_SA    # مرحبًا اسمي Maged. أنا عربي من السعودية.
Mariska             hu_HU    # Üdvözlöm! Mariska vagyok. Én vagyok a magyar hold.
Mei-Jia             zh_TW    # 您好,我叫美佳。我說國語。
Melina              el_GR    # Γεια σας, ονομάζομαι Melina. Είμαι μια ελληνική φωνή.
Milena              ru_RU    # Здравствуйте, меня зовут Milena. Я – русский голос системы.
Moira               en_IE    # Howdy, my title is Moira. I'm an Irish-English voice.
Monica              es_ES    # Hola, me llamo Monica y soy una voz española.
Nora                nb_NO    # Hei, jeg heter Nora. Jeg er en norsk stemme.
Paulina             es_MX    # Hola, me llamo Paulina y soy una voz mexicana.
Rishi               en_IN    # Howdy, my title is Rishi. I'm an Indian-English voice.
Samantha            en_US    # Howdy, my title is Samantha. I'm an American-English voice.
Sara                da_DK    # Hej, jeg hedder Sara. Jeg er en dansk stemme.
Satu                fi_FI    # Hei, minun nimeni on Satu. Olen suomalainen ääni.
Serena              en_GB    # Howdy, my title is Serena. I'm a British-English voice.
Sin-ji              zh_HK    # 您好,我叫 Sin-ji。我講廣東話。
Tessa               en_ZA    # Howdy, my title is Tessa. I'm a South African-English voice.
Thomas              fr_FR    # Bonjour, je m’appelle Thomas. Je suis une voix française.
Ting-Ting           zh_CN    # 您好,我叫Ting-Ting。我讲中文普通话。
Veena               en_IN    # Howdy, my title is Veena. I'm an Indian-English voice.
Victoria            en_US    # Is not it good to have a pc that can discuss to you?
Xander              nl_NL    # Hallo, mijn naam is Xander. Ik ben een Nederlandse stem.
Yelda               tr_TR    # Merhaba, benim adım Yelda. Ben Türkçe bir sesim.
Yuna                ko_KR    # 안녕하세요. 제 이름은 Yuna입니다. 저는 한국어 음성입니다.
Yuri                ru_RU    # Здравствуйте, меня зовут Yuri. Я – русский голос системы.
Zosia               pl_PL    # Witaj. Mam na imię Zosia, jestem głosem kobiecym dla języka polskiego.
Zuzana              cs_CZ    # Dobrý den, jmenuji se Zuzana. Jsem český hlas.

(partially taken from https://maithegeek.medium.com/having-fun-in-macos-with-say-command-d4a0d3319668)

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