Comment by ebeip90

For hobbyist use, is this really any better than macOS' "say" command?

Once you've downloaded the Premium voices (e.g. Zoe) it's just a CLI, no API or hidden bells and whistles.

    $ say -v 'Zoe (Premium)' "This is an example of the Zoe voice for my comment on Hacker News."

You'll have to download the voice ahead of time, but Zoe (public) and Maeve (internal) are both excellent voices.