flite for Mac
Small fast and portable speech synthesis system
brew install flite. It is distributed under the MIT-Festival AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND Spencer-86 AND Apache-2.0 AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-cannot-represent licence.
It has 19 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.
What flite is
flite is a command-line tool for macOS: small fast and portable speech synthesis system.
It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. It is distributed under the MIT-Festival AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND Spencer-86 AND Apache-2.0 AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-cannot-represent licence.
How to install flite
- Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
- If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
- Run
brew install flite.
Homebrew installer, if you need it:
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install flite on Mac?
Run brew install flite in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.
Is flite open source?
Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT-Festival AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND Spencer-86 AND Apache-2.0 AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-cannot-represent licence.
Does flite run on Apple silicon?
Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.
How popular is flite?
It was installed 19 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #6649 in this catalogue.
What version of flite is current?
The latest packaged version is 2.2.