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November 19
10.5: Create high-quality audio books

Using the new ultra-realistic Alex voice in Leopard, you can create an audio book out of any text. Open Automator and add the following steps:

  1. Text: Get Contents of TextEdit Document
  2. Text: Text to Audio File (using Alex as the voice)
  3. Music: Import Audio Files (I use AAC encoder)
  4. [Optional] Music: Set Options of iTunes Songs — check Remember Playback Position
  5. [Optional] Music: Set Info of iTunes Songs
  6. [Optional] Music: Import Files into iTunes — specify playlist here
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