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How to Turn a Text File Into an AudioBook on a Mac

How to Create the Text to AudioBook Plug-in

Step 1:
Launch Automator. You can find it in the Applications folder on Mac OS X.

Step 2:
Select "Text" as the starting point in the "Select a starting point to open a new workflow" window.

Step 3:
Select "TextEdit" from the "Get Content From" drop-down box.

Step 4:
Make sure "Use text of open TextEdit document" is selected in the second drop-down box.

Step 5:
Click the "Choose" button.

Step 6:
Select "Text" from the "Library" list on the far left.

Step 7:
Double-click "Text to Audio File." You can also click-drag "Text to Audio File" on to the workflow area.

Step 8:
Set the "System Voice" to "Alex" if you're using Mac OS X Leopard, and "Bruce" if you're using Mac OS X Tiger.

Step 9:
Type "Audiobook" into the "Save As" text area.

Step 10:
Select where you'd like the audiobook saved on your computer. By default it saves to the Desktop.

Step 11:
Click on "File" > "Save As Plug-In" (or use the keyboard shortcut Option-Command-S).

Step 12:
Type "AudioBook" in the "Save Plug-in As" text box. You can name this however you please, but make sure it's descriptive.

Step 13:
Select "Finder" in the "Plug-in for" drop-down.

Step 14:
Click "Save."

How to Make an AudioBook from a TextEdit Document

Step 1:
Navigate to your text file in the Finder. If you don't have a TextEdit document, copy and paste your text into the TextEdit program in Mac OSX (found in the Applications folder), save it and navigate to this file. Make sure this text file is open as well.

Step 2:
Right-click or command-click the text file in the Finder. Select "More" > "Automator" > "AudioBook".

Step 3:
Go to your Desktop and find the file named "AudioBook.aiff."

Step 4:
Double-click on "AudioBook.aiff" and it should begin playing in iTunes.