Elmren Voice
Local text-to-speech studio for Mac, paid once
Elmren Voice turns your own text into speech on your Mac. It imports TXT, MD, EPUB, PDF, DOCX, SRT, VTT and HTML (scanned PDFs need a text layer). You can pick from 64 built-in voices or clone your own locally from a short 6–10 second recording you have permission to use. Script Mode suggests a voice per speaker, which you confirm or change.
Exports include chapter audio, chaptered M4B audiobooks, self-contained read-along HTML pages and MP4 video. After a one-time voice pack download (the vendor states roughly 700MB up to a few GB), generation runs offline; only license activation and verification need the network. Requires an Apple silicon Mac on macOS 13 or later. The trial gives 120 synthesis minutes within 7 days, no account needed.
Why no subscription? $39.99 once, a lifetime license for one Mac, with unlimited generation afterwards and no minute counter. 7-day money-back guarantee via Payhip.
Keywords: text-to-speech · audiobook · speech synthesis · voice cloning · offline · Mac · no subscription · one-time purchase
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