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Languages Preferences

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Language

Select the language that you want to be used for reading. The options available depend on the voices that are installed on your computer.

Voice

Select the voice that you want to be used for reading. The options available depend on the language you have selected and the voices that are installed on your computer. To install additional voices, use Infovox iVox Voice Manager.

Speech rate and volume

Set the speech rate and volume for the selected voice. Click the Play button to hear how the voice sounds with the current settings.

Custom Pronunciations

Click the Custom Pronunciations button to change pronunciations for the selected voice and language.

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Active Languages

In this list all active languages are displayed. To change the order of languages, drag them one by one to a desired position in the list. The first language in the least can be used to read all texts without language detection. See Reading Preferences.

Select a language and set that language's voice, speech rate, and volume. Click the Play button to listen to the voice example with current settings.

Select the Active language option if you want GhostReader try to determine if text that should be read is written in this language and then use the language's settings to read the text.

Inactive Languages

This group lists languages that are installed on your computer but are not active in GhostReader. To make a language active, drag it to the Active Languages list or select a language and then select the Active language checkbox.

To install more standard voices in macOS, go to the Accessibility panel of System Preferences, click Speech in the left pane, and then choose Customize from the System Voice menu (macOS 10.12 Sierra, it may differ in other versions).

To get high quality, natural sounding voices try Infovox iVox. It offers over a hundred voices in different languages, regional accents and moods, including child, adult, and 'character' voices. All Infovox iVox voices can be tried for 30 days before purchase.

Custom Pronunciations

Click the Custom Pronunciations button to change pronunciations for selected voice and language.

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