This Keyboard Maestro macro allows you to select text, invoke a keyboard shortcut (or another Keyboard Maestro trigger that you select) and have Siri speak the selected text. In this case, the voice selected is for French but is easy to change this (and the speed) in the “Speak Text” action if desired.
It simply copies the current text to a named clipboard then reads that clipboard aloud.
(If you are looking to change this to another language, you can find the name of the speaker you want by going to System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Speech and clicking on ‘Customize…’ in the ‘System Voice’ dropdown.)
To use, download the zipped file below, unzip it, and import the resulting file into Keyboard Maestro using File –> Import Macro.
Very helpful! Website looks great; keep on adding content!
What do you use this for? Is it for reading a French text or for translating from english to french?
I’m studying french myself and it would be cool to be able to hear french texts I’m reading read back to me.
Awesome website and and LearnOmnifocus presentation!
Thanks Tron!
This one was actually a macro that I put together as a demo for somebody else, and I don’t use it myself! It’s for reading a French text, though, rather than translating.