If you mean "text to speech", your Mac is capable of doing this. Just select some text in a document (TextEdit for example) and choose Edit > Speech > Start Speaking. Different voices are available in the Speech control panel (System Preferences).
You'll have to capture the sound output from your Mac to get it into GameSalad -- I believe Audacity can do this (free).
Thanks for all of those great links! I downloaded audacity but could you or anyone explain how to record the "text to speech" from textedit in audicity? Or from any of those other sites?
Just a warning regarding the use of these generated sound files... They're only meant for free or evaluation purposes only and can't be incorporated into your project.
I contacted Acapela Group a while back and they were charging per character or time limit for generated sounds. Since then, they've put up the Acapela Box.
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So has anyone used these in their apps. Im working on an app that does alot of talking so i would definitely like to know if there is anywhere to get the speech generated that is legal to use in an app.
I used one called text to mp3 a while back for a song (just type what you want in a text field and drag it on to the app). It stopped working though but maybe you''l have better luck.
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You'll have to capture the sound output from your Mac to get it into GameSalad -- I believe Audacity can do this (free).
http://cepstral.com/demos/
http://www.naturalreaders.com/
http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en
http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php //Best I've seen so far...
http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html //Pretty good.
Some of those allow you to download the result. Others you will need to record using something like audacity.
I contacted Acapela Group a while back and they were charging per character or time limit for generated sounds. Since then, they've put up the Acapela Box.
You can read their FAQ on usage here: https://acapela-box.com/AcaBox/acabox-faq.php
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24773
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Microphones-Yeti-USB-Microphone/dp/B002VA464S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1282864172&sr=8-1
This one is $111 at Ritz Camera and well worth it, but you can get cheaper ones
Trust me, Those robotic voice overs don't reflect well in games
I think there are pretty options available in market to convert any text into speeches.....
text to speech
If you have a google cloud or aws developer accounts you can use:
https://aws.amazon.com/polly/
and
https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech
These are trying to be more "natural" so if you want something more robotic, they may not work.