To hide or show the application window, you can combine the three methods: the icon in the menu bar, the icon in the corner of the window and the keyboard shortcut.
Current activities are indicated
The current audition and the current file creation are indicated. They can be stopped separately.
Better compatibility with macOS 13 Ventura and macOS 14 Sonoma
Minor improvements and bug fixes
The menu bar icon stays where it is and no longer tends to move to the left.
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Version 1.3.2
Better compatibility with macOS 11.
Version 1.3.1
VoicePicker now supports Dark Mode.
Better compatibility with macOS 10.14 and 10.15.
Version 1.3.0
VoicePicker icon now appears in macOS menu bar
Click a line of this menu to
read the text contained in the clipboard using that voice.
choose between "Listen now" and "Save as audio file".
stop the current speech.
show VoicePicker window (in "Sun" mode).
Read a text file Without opening it
Now, you can not only drop a text on a voice in the application window to read it, but you can also drop there a text file.
File formats supported are .txt, .rtf, .rtfd, .doc, .docx, .odt, .html and .webarchive.
Default title
When selecting a voice from a pop-up menu, its title (what appears in the standard window) is, by default, the name of the voice.
Now, if the alt key is held down while selecting a voice, the default title of the voice is its language.
Of course, it is always possible to manually change this title.
Slight modifications of "visibility"
Now, in "Moon" mode, the window always appears fist in its standard form.
Displaying settings automatically switches the application to "Sun" mode (window permanently visible).
Version 1.2.1
64 bits version.
Version 1.2.0
More user-friendly interface.
Choose format of the Audio Files created by VoicePicker: AIFF-C (.aiff) or MPEG-4 (.m4a).
Simpler visibility setting.
Modified icon.
Version 1.1.1
Improved compatibility with macOS 10.12 Sierra.
Version 1.1.0
Choice between "Listen now" and "Save as audio file".
It is now possible to read the text contained in the clipboard (with just a click).
It is now possible to make the window of the application completely invisible except when the ⌥ and ⌘ keys are both kept down.