Deckle · Feature Guide
Offline text to speech
Deckle speaks on this Mac. Pasted text, a screenshot, and a saved audio file need no account.
What you are paying for
Deckle is sold as a one-time purchase. It is a Mac utility, not a subscription. The paid wedge is one place for pasted text, a screenshot, or a link, then listen or save audio.
Deckle costs $19 once. The direct edition also starts a 14-day trial on this Mac, and Buy $19 stays in the window. When the trial ends, listening, screenshot reading, link fetch, and saved audio lock until a valid license key is entered. There is no account.
What is already free
macOS Speak Selection already reads highlighted text. Outloud and SpeechDock are free readers for selections in other apps. Use those if that is all you need.
What stays here
Speech uses the voices already installed on the Mac. Screenshots are recognized on this Mac. Fetching a link needs the network so the words can be downloaded. After that, listening and saving audio do not.