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Speechify for Mac 

Speechify for Mac lets you listen to anything on your screen and type with your voice in any app, anywhere on your Mac.

Getting to know the Speechify Mac App

You can download and install the New Speechify Mac app from the website. If you no longer need the app, you can remove it.

How to install and uninstall the New Speechify Mac app?

To have Speechify start automatically every time you turn on your Mac computer

How to launch Speechify MacApp at device startup?

In the Speechify Mac app, the previous “Closed Captions” option has been replaced with Subtitles, which you can easily toggle on or off from the Text-to-Speech settings.

How to Enable and Disable Subtitles on the Speechify Mac App

How to Access Speechify from the Menu Bar on Mac

You can customize the Speechify menu bar shortcut to use a key combination that works best for you.

How to Customize the Menu Bar Icon on Mac

Getting Started

Now that you have installed the Speechify Mac App, it's time to sign up, sign in, and sign out as needed.

How to Sign In and Out of the Speechify Mac App

Speechify login password can be reset using the Mac App

How to Reset Your Password on the Mac App

A Premium subscription works across Speechify on all our platforms

Platform includes iOS, Android, Chrome, Mac, and Windows. Here's everything you unlock

What Premium Features Are Available on the Mac App?

Accounts and Subscription

General troubleshooting steps to help with Mac app issues

Mac App Basic Troubleshooting

How to increase the reading speed on the Mac App?

How to Switch Voices on a Mac App

Use the following steps to control playback (play/pause) on the Mac app.

How can I play/pause my file while listening on the Mac App?

These features will allow to you utilize MacApp based on your preference

How to use the Dictate and Listen to Text feature in MacApp

You may slect the Speech Engine for your MacApp

Selecting Text-to-Speech Engine

With the new Speechify Mac app, you don’t need to upload files or select specific pages anymore. You can use Speechify directly across your Mac to listen to any text…

How to Use Speechify on Mac (Listen & Dictate Anywhere)

You can now download the audio for the a dictation made via MacApp. See steps below.

Downloading Audio via MacApp

Listening

How to Listen to Text on the Speechify Mac App

The Play Selected Text shortcut lets you instantly start listening to any highlighted text on your Mac using a keyboard shortcut.

This is a quick way to trigger Speechify without…

How to Use Play Selected Text on Mac

The Screenshot to Listen feature lets you capture text from your screen and instantly listen to it using Speechify. This is useful when text is not selectable (for example, images,…

How to Use Screenshot to Listen on Mac

How to Change Voice and Speed on the Mac App

Speechify supports fully offline text-to-speech using on-device voices.

How to Listen to Text Offline on the Mac App

Mac app helps you read texts online as well as offline

What is the Difference Between On-Device and Cloud Voices on Mac?

What is the Miniplayer on Mac?

The Miniplayer and Subtitles features in Speechify help you follow along while listening to text on your Mac. You can adjust these settings to match your reading preference.

How to Change Miniplayer and Subtitles Settings on Mac

Text-to-Speech

Speechify Dictation lets you type with your voice in any app on Mac. Your speech is transcribed and inserted directly into whichever text field your cursor is in — emails,…

What is Speechify Dictation on Mac and How to Use It?

Enable the permissions to access the microphone for dictation on the mac app

How to Set Up Microphone Access for Dictation on Mac

What is the Dictation Pill on Mac?

How to Show or Hide the Dictation Pill on Mac

Yes! Speechify offers on-device dictation using on-device dictation models.

Does Dictation Work Offline on Mac?

Speechify Dictation offers two processing options for converting speech to text: on-device dictation and cloud dictation. Each option is optimized for different use cases, depending on speed, accuracy, and connectivity.

What is the Difference Between On-Device and Cloud Dictation on Mac?

Where Does My Dictated Text Go on Mac?

How to Use Auto-Copy to Clipboard for Dictation on Mac

How to Report a Dictation Issue on Mac

Dictation

What Keyboard Shortcuts Are Available on the Speechify Mac App?

How to Customize Keyboard Shortcuts on Mac

Shortcuts

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