Balabolka Alternatives for Mac

Balabolka is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is NaturalReader. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Speech Central or SpeakLine. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Balabolka and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Balabolka are Listening, Bark (AI), Acapela TTS and Intelligent Speaker.

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Balabolka alternatives are mainly Text to Speech Services but may also be AI Voice Generators or PDF Readers.  Other popular filters includes Mac + Free and Android + Free. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Balabolka.
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Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka. The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4, OGG or WMA file. The program can read the clipboard...

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Balabolka alternatives page was last updated Feb 3, 2025
  1. NaturalReader icon
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    Natural Reader is a professional text to speech program that converts any written text into spoken words. The paid versions of Natural Reader have many more features.

    122 NaturalReader alternatives
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    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Google Chrome

    NaturalReader Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    2.  Text Highlighting
    3.  Save-as-mp3
    4.  Read Aloud
    5.  Scroll sync
    6.  Portable
    7.  Support for Windows Hello
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    Comments about NaturalReader as an Alternative to Balabolka
     
    Senjata

    Natural Reader is not Free, it is Freemium.

    CommentNov 2, 2024
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    Guest

    NaturalReader is not completely free compared to Balabolka.

    Negative commentFeb 3, 2025
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    • Some users think NaturalReader is a great Balabolka alternative, some don't.

    • NaturalReader is the most popular Web-based & Mac alternative to Balabolka.

    • NaturalReader is Free Personal and ProprietaryBalabolka is Free and Proprietary
  2. Listening icon
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    Transform your research experience with Listening, the world's first app that turns academic papers into high-quality audio content. Trusted by over 50,000 students and researchers, Listening helps you save time by letting you listen to papers anywhere, in your spare time.

    6 Listening alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome

    Listening Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  PDF annotation
    Listening iconBalabolka Icon

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    • Listening is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Balabolka.

    • Listening is Paid and ProprietaryBalabolka is Free and Proprietary
  3. Speech Central icon
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    ? The best text-to-speech experience - our proprietary engine significantly enhances the output of Apple's voices and AI voices (OpenAI, Azure, Google) by infusing their readings with emotion and variation.

    55 Speech Central alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Cloud Sync
    4.  Text to Speech
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Read Aloud
    9.  AI-Powered
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    • Almost everyone thinks Speech Central is a great Balabolka alternative.

    • Speech Central is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Balabolka.

    • Speech Central is Freemium and ProprietaryBalabolka is Free and Proprietary
    • Speech Central is Privacy focused and LightweightBalabolka is not according to our users
  4. SpeakLine icon
     2 likes

    SpeakLine lets your Mac talk to you!.

    93 SpeakLine alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    SpeakLine Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    SpeakLine iconBalabolka Icon

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  5. Bark (AI) icon
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    Bark is a transformer-based text-to-audio model created by Suno. Bark can generate highly realistic, multilingual speech as well as other audio - including music, background noise and simple sound effects.

    65 Bark (AI) alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac

    Bark (AI) Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    2.  AI-Powered
    Bark (AI) iconBalabolka Icon

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  6. Acapela TTS icon
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    Acapela Group, the leading European voice expert leaning upon 25 years of experience, invents text-to- speech solutions to give your content a voice in up to 25 languages. Our speech solutions allow you to turn any written text into natural speech files, using any of the 50 High...

    55 Acapela TTS alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android

    Acapela TTS Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    Acapela TTS iconBalabolka Icon

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  7. Intelligent Speaker icon
     3 likes

    Text to speech extension for a browser. Automatic text detection (can speak without necessary selection), adjustable voice speed, playlist.

    58 Intelligent Speaker alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Firefox

    Intelligent Speaker Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    2.  Opera extension
    3.  Browser extension
    Intelligent Speaker iconBalabolka Icon

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  8. Verbify-TTS icon
     2 likes

    Free and offline Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine that reads any text on your screen with high-quality voices powered by AI models.

    72 Verbify-TTS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Verbify-TTS Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    Verbify-TTS iconBalabolka Icon

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  9. VoiceOverMaker icon
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    Automatically create natural voice overs for your videos. Create your own voice overs from your text. A natural sounding voice is automatically generated for your videos. You are also able to create only natural sounding voices and export them.

    38 VoiceOverMaker alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    VoiceOverMaker Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    2.  Speech to text
    3.  Voiceover
    4.  Voice recognition
    VoiceOverMaker iconBalabolka Icon

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  10. kurzweil 3000 icon
     3 likes

    Breakthrough attention, language, and reading barriers with technology built to drive meaningful progress.

    67 kurzweil 3000 alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    kurzweil 3000 Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    2.  Text Highlighting
    kurzweil 3000 iconBalabolka Icon

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    Comments about kurzweil 3000 as an Alternative to Balabolka
     
    boniaditya

    It processes the PDF document and creates its own version before it starts reading out loud, we can also save the document in that format to read later on from where we have paused. It is rather convenient as it also highlights the word being read

    Positive commentDec 19, 2018
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    • kurzweil 3000 is Paid and ProprietaryBalabolka is Free and Proprietary
  11. Central Access Reader icon
     4 likes

    Central Access Reader (CAR) is a free TTS application, which reads docx files and pasted text using the voices installed on your pc.

    49 Central Access Reader alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Central Access Reader Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    Central Access Reader iconBalabolka Icon

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  12. Select and Speak icon
     3 likes

    Select and Speak uses iSpeech's human-quality text-to-speech (TTS) to read any selected text in the browser. It includes many iSpeech text to speech voices in different languages. You can configure the voice and speed options by changing the settings on the options page.

    55 Select and Speak alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome

    Select and Speak Features

    1.  Text to Speech
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