Is it possible to change the voice of the "say" command?

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00:00 Is It Possible To Change The Voice Of The &Quot;Say&Quot; Command?
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

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By default it uses the System Voice set in the Text to Speech page of the Speech panel of System Preferences. Otherwise, you can use the -v option with one of the named voices:

say -v Zarvox "found it in the man page"
say -v Agnes "found it in the man page"

ANSWER 2

Score 4

man say yields this

  -v voice, --voice=voice
       Specify the voice to be used. Default is the voice selected in
       System Preferences.

ANSWER 3

Score 2

You can permanently change the voice by changing the System Voice in System Preferences -> Dictation & Speech -> Text to Speech

ANSWER 4

Score 2

You can view/customize different voices on Mac from

System Preferences --> Accessibility --> Speech