A client has asked me if it was possible to speed up the audio narration in Storyline 2 to 1.25 or 1.5 times normal speed. She had seen that in some other video and was able to speed up the audio and then slow it down when she needed to concentrate on something. Thoughts or suggestions?
Hi, Karen -- Thanks so much for your question, and perhaps you might want to take a look at a similar post over here. Or hopefully, others in the community may have additional advice they can share, as well! :)
Thanks for contacting us and sharing that this is a feature you would like to see as well.
We are still tracking user requests for this and I've added this conversation to our report. It isn't at the top of our list right now, but you can check out the things that are.
Hello Leslie: Thank you for the response. While we are learned the value of interactive materials, our learners were quickly adapting how they learn using Youtube. This request is coming from our user base who are asking for it or asking us to move all our content to Youtube. It is interesting times.
I'd like to add to this request. I had yet another person come to me today asking for this feature, and I find myself avoiding training courses where this feature is not available,
Agreed, Playback speed allows us to record voice over in a slow, clear and concise way, and users then have the option to speed up to a more comfortable speed.
We have had a request for the variable playback speed by a department within our organization as well. They have requested the ability to set the rate at different speeds (.5x, .75x, 1x, 1.5x, and 2.x) "like it's there on audacity, youtube, coursera". This feature would be very useful for us and would help us convince management to continue with Articulate and not consider another option.
Yes, please! I've received this request periodically, too. I actually sent this as a feature suggestion about three-four years ago because of the number of requests I received then. I don't understand why Articulate developers don't realize how beneficial this feature would be. Students have different needs. Some, because of physical restrictions or just preference, wish to hear the voice over at a slower pace. Some can digest the voice over content at a much faster pace. When rereviewing the content, a student may wish to hear all of the voice over again but at a much faster pace. This feature would be a game changer!
I have clients asking for this feature as well. It is definitely in keeping with adult learning principles. Many people are used to this feature because of the ability to adjust the speed on podcasts and pre-recorded lectures. This would be very helpful for my learners.
Thank you all for sharing how beneficial this would be in your courses! I've updated our feature request to include all of your comments. We don't currently have this on our feature roadmap, but I'll update this discussion when I have more information!
That would indeed make for a welcome feature. Until then, however, the work-around is to put your video on your youtube channel and put the link into SL instead.
I sent this note to Articulate Support on the 19th. I'm posting here because I still don't have an answer about timelines. If the Rise player supports audio settings, why doesn't the Storyline 360 player?
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I watched a Rise webinar today. The player is what our students want. We have to create courses in a compliance model because of cheating (not a surprise, happens everywhere, even at West Point). The Rise player has a a feature that figured prominently in end of year evaluations (about 4000 students). The ability to speed up audio. Our students are the YouTube generation. This is so basic to them and really adversely affected course evaluations. They really don't like restricted navigation, but we changed the grades awarded for going through all the material. That helped. Enabling the player audio would really help. Is it in the pipeline? Many thanks, Susan
I vote for this feature too. A client expects us to accommodate this request, and I don't think we can find a workaround. It will affect their satisfaction.
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Hi, Karen -- Thanks so much for your question, and perhaps you might want to take a look at a similar post over here. Or hopefully, others in the community may have additional advice they can share, as well! :)
I'm wondering if there is any update on this question? 4 years ago, this was a rather novel feature but today it is becoming a common request.
Hi April and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
Thanks for contacting us and sharing that this is a feature you would like to see as well.
We are still tracking user requests for this and I've added this conversation to our report. It isn't at the top of our list right now, but you can check out the things that are.
Hello Leslie: Thank you for the response. While we are learned the value of interactive materials, our learners were quickly adapting how they learn using Youtube. This request is coming from our user base who are asking for it or asking us to move all our content to Youtube. It is interesting times.
I'd like to add to this request. I had yet another person come to me today asking for this feature, and I find myself avoiding training courses where this feature is not available,
Please!! Adding playback speed options is very user-centric!
Agreed, Playback speed allows us to record voice over in a slow, clear and concise way, and users then have the option to speed up to a more comfortable speed.
Agreed. Our users want it as well.
Hi. I have searched for this feature this morning as well. We would love this feature, particularly with the Text-to-Speech feature in Storyline 360.
We have had a request for the variable playback speed by a department within our organization as well. They have requested the ability to set the rate at different speeds (.5x, .75x, 1x, 1.5x, and 2.x) "like it's there on audacity, youtube, coursera". This feature would be very useful for us and would help us convince management to continue with Articulate and not consider another option.
I also need varying speed for profoundly deaf users.
Yes, please add this feature when you can!
Yes, please! I've received this request periodically, too. I actually sent this as a feature suggestion about three-four years ago because of the number of requests I received then. I don't understand why Articulate developers don't realize how beneficial this feature would be. Students have different needs. Some, because of physical restrictions or just preference, wish to hear the voice over at a slower pace. Some can digest the voice over content at a much faster pace. When rereviewing the content, a student may wish to hear all of the voice over again but at a much faster pace. This feature would be a game changer!
Add my vote to the list, too! The use cases for this are extremely important.
And my vote as well! Clients are asking for it.
I have clients asking for this feature as well. It is definitely in keeping with adult learning principles. Many people are used to this feature because of the ability to adjust the speed on podcasts and pre-recorded lectures. This would be very helpful for my learners.
Thank you all for sharing how beneficial this would be in your courses! I've updated our feature request to include all of your comments. We don't currently have this on our feature roadmap, but I'll update this discussion when I have more information!
That would indeed make for a welcome feature. Until then, however, the work-around is to put your video on your youtube channel and put the link into SL instead.
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Yes, I agree too! This feature would be a great enhancement, I vote for please add this feature when you can!
I sent this note to Articulate Support on the 19th. I'm posting here because I still don't have an answer about timelines. If the Rise player supports audio settings, why doesn't the Storyline 360 player?
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I watched a Rise webinar today. The player is what our students want. We have to create courses in a compliance model because of cheating (not a surprise, happens everywhere, even at West Point). The Rise player has a a feature that figured prominently in end of year evaluations (about 4000 students). The ability to speed up audio. Our students are the YouTube generation. This is so basic to them and really adversely affected course evaluations. They really don't like restricted navigation, but we changed the grades awarded for going through all the material. That helped. Enabling the player audio would really help. Is it in the pipeline? Many thanks, Susan
You should add variable audio speed as soon as possible!
I vote for this also
I vote for this feature, too!
I vote for this feature too. A client expects us to accommodate this request, and I don't think we can find a workaround. It will affect their satisfaction.
This would be a great help. Please create way to speed up audio.