OSX Say Command

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say -v Agnes "hello world"

Female Voices

Agnes - relatively natural female voice
Kathy - sounds like a computer, kind of like the computer voice
Princess – kind of sounds like an old lady
Vicki - most natural, kind of whispery
Victoria – computery sounding
Male Voices

Bruce – most natural male voice
Fred – sounds like a computer
Junior – sounds like a girl
Ralph – deep voice
Novelty Voices

Albert – funny weak whispery high pitched voice
Bad News – very slow lo-pitched voice (put “Bad News” in quotes)
Bahh – choppy whispery weak voice
Bells – Melodic bells within voice, relatively slow paced
Boing – Mid-pitched typical computer voice with “boing” sound in each syllable
Bubbles – Whispery voice with bubble sounds in each syllable
Cellos – Melodic voice with cello voice, each syllable is a successive note in a simple tune
Deranged – Old man-ish voice, think Grandpa Simpson
Good News - Says words to the tune of “Pomp and Circumstance” or other tunes
Hysterical – Laughing/chuckling man voice (funny but hard to understand)
Pipe Organ – Low “pipe organ” melodic voice
Trinoids – Monotonous mid-pitched computer voice
Whisper – Whispery, kind of desperate sounding, sounds like it is having trouble breathing
Zarvox – Monotonous mid-pitched computer voice