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How to use Sayit: what you can do with it

Say It is a native macOS menu-bar app that reads selected or copied text aloud with open TTS models running locally through MLX Audio on Apple silicon.

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3 use cases

  • Listen to any selected text on your Mac, offline

    Select text in any app and press a hotkey to hear it with a local open model, with nothing sent to the cloud.

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    Using callebtc/sayit on an Apple silicon Mac, read <document or selection> aloud with the default Phonon voice. Confirm synthesis works with networking off after the model download.

  • Speak text from the terminal and shell scripts

    Pipe any script output into the Sayit command to hear it read aloud.

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    Add callebtc/sayit to <script> so it pipes the final status line into `sayit`. Run the script once and confirm the line was spoken and `sayit status` reports idle afterwards.

  • Hear your coding agent's progress out loud

    Load the bundled Say It agent skill so your coding agent gives live spoken updates while it works.

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    Run `sayit skill path`, load that skill into your coding agent, and work on <task> with live spoken updates. Verify at least one update was spoken before the task finished.

Quick start with Sayit

  1. Check you have what it needs: Apple silicon Mac; A supported MLX TTS model downloaded in the app.
  2. Open callebtc/sayit on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Install the app and pick the recommended Phonon 31M English model during onboarding
  4. Select text in another app and press the selection hotkey, or choose Services then Say It
  5. Use the menu-bar player to pause, seek or change speed
  6. Revisit earlier readings from history

These steps come from our top use case, Listen to any selected text on your Mac, offline, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

  • Who it is forMac users on Apple silicon who want private text-to-speech, and developers who want spoken updates from a coding agent.
  • Why it is hot183 stars, launched 86 days ago
  • LanguageSwift
  • Sourcegithub.com/callebtc/sayit · Back to Hot repos

Requirements

  • Apple silicon Mac
  • A supported MLX TTS model downloaded in the app

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Questions about Sayit

What is Sayit?

Say It is a native macOS menu-bar app that reads selected or copied text aloud with open TTS models running locally through MLX Audio on Apple silicon. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/callebtc/sayit.

Who is Sayit for?

Mac users on Apple silicon who want private text-to-speech, and developers who want spoken updates from a coding agent.

What can I do with Sayit?

3 use cases so far, for example: Listen to any selected text on your Mac, offline; Speak text from the terminal and shell scripts; Hear your coding agent's progress out loud. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Sayit?

Apple silicon Mac; A supported MLX TTS model downloaded in the app.

What are alternatives to Sayit?

Other hot AI repos in Personal productivity: Cleanyourtv, Attention Control, Linkit, Obsidian Mind, TLDR Radio.

Is Sayit safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.