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mimic for Mac

Lightweight text-to-speech engine based on CMU Flite

Quick answer: mimic is a command-line tool for macOS. Install it with brew install mimic. 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 1 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What mimic is

mimic is a command-line tool for macOS: lightweight text-to-speech engine based on CMU Flite.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic1.

How to install mimic

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install mimic.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install mimic on Mac?

Run brew install mimic in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is mimic 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 mimic 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 mimic?

It was installed 1 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #11156 in this catalogue.

What version of mimic is current?

The latest packaged version is 1.3.0.1.