SpeechSynthesisServer(8) System Manager's Manual SpeechSynthesisServer(8)

SpeechSynthesisServerImplements speaking hotkey and time announcements text-to-speech features.

SpeechSynthesisServer is a user-level daemon that runs only when the user has enabled the speaking hotkey feature (Accessibility preference pane) or time announcements features (Date & Time preference pane). The daemon will continue running while either feature is enabled.

July 13, 2017 macOS 15.0