Is it possible to record Alex voice as sound file?

Hi to all in the iMovie Community,
i am a fellow mac user but usually from within the design and print sector, so do not often come to your community for help. I'm looking for a way to use the Alex voice to record and make an audio file from a text file? Which i can then use together with some video in iMovie - Is this possible?
Sorry to bother you all with this, but i'm guessing the iMovie Community would be the most able to come to my rescue.
I should add that i'm not very familiar with Terminal (somebody mentioned to me there is a way to do what i want there).
Thanks in anticipation.

Create your text file using TextEdit, highlight all of the text and move to the "Services" menu (under the TextEdit menu).
You'll find an Automator action to send a text to audio file into iTunes. Set the voice to "Alex" and your file is made.
Once in iTunes you can add this new audio track to your iMovie project.

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