Is it possible to change the voice of the "say" command?

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Is it possible to change the voice that Mac OS X uses for the say command? How?

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '10 at 04:14

By default it uses the System Voice set in the Text to Speech page of the Speech panel of System Preferences. Otherwise, you can use the -v option with one of the named voices:

say -v Zarvox "found it in the man page"
say -v Agnes "found it in the man page"

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '10 at 04:11

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man say yields this

  -v voice, --voice=voice
       Specify the voice to be used. Default is the voice selected in
       System Preferences.

answered Dec 28 '10 at 04:11

Chris Nava

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 09 '16 at 18:10

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You can permanently change the voice by changing the System Voice in System Preferences -> Dictation & Speech -> Text to Speech

answered Feb 09 '16 at 18:10

ClintM

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 30 '21 at 09:50

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You can view/customize different voices on Mac from

System Preferences --> Accessibility --> Speech

answered Sep 30 '21 at 09:50

Rayiez

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Is it possible to change the voice of the "say" command?

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