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?
Playback speed should be a standard option for accessibility purposes nowadays. I have students who have cognitive disabilities who need to slow down a video, and I am required by law to accommodate them under ADA section 504. We need this feature, please!
I appreciate you taking the time to share this with us, Rahel! I've added your comments to our feature request to update you when this makes it on our roadmap.
I also need variable playback speed. I'm creating a course that will go out to 7000+ students and different people have different needs. This is an important feature and I see that people have been requesting it for at least 5 years now. Will this be available in Storyline any time soon? Thanks!
While this feature hasn't made it on our feature roadmap yet, this discussion is connected to the report, so we'll be sure to notify you when we have news to share.
i just renewed my subscription today. Had to think really hard about it.
This isn't *a nice to have *feature, we are getting hit on student
evaluations.
I don't know why this is not on the current roadmap. It is part of Rise. Please know that the absence of this functionality (it should be considered base functionality, not a nice-to-have feature) really hurts us in student evaluations. So, why isn't it?
As a student who has to use some of the modules to learn about policy changes, the missing base functionality doesn't help us either.
The ability to speed up audio, slide transitions, and other effects is critical in order reduce distractibility and increase content retention. The content delivery speed needs to be in the control of the person trying to learn, not the person developing the content because while I may want my content on computing to move quickly, I want my content on cooking to move slowly, otherwise I'll cut myself. Julia Childs would prefer the reverse.
It is really unfortunate that this problem has been in this software for more than 5 years.
And for my ESL learners, I would like the opposite. They want to be able to slow down the audio... Please make this a priority in order to be more accessible to those with disabilities and who are ESL. Thanks
I am working for a large IT company and this feature is essential for our trainings, since our learners are used to watch videos with higher speed. We want to incorporate more interactive content into our curriculum and really like Storyline as the best authoring tool in the market, but the lack of this essential feature might force us to consider switching to Adobe Captivate. Please take the request serious.
thank you for the hint. Can I ask how long should it take until the feature is available. It is probably hard to predict, but is it the near future or would they need some years for this?
Thank you for reaching out! As Phil shared, our feature roadmap is a great resource to see what we are currently working on. We aren’t ready to share a specific date on when that feature will ship, but we’ll be sure to update this discussion when it’s ready to go!
Please don't hesitate to reach out to our support engineers if you need further assistance on your project. We'll be happy to take a look!
What is the status on this? Are we already able to control the speed, and if so, where? (I tried finding this feature on the roadmap but didn't see it!)
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Playback speed should be a standard option for accessibility purposes nowadays. I have students who have cognitive disabilities who need to slow down a video, and I am required by law to accommodate them under ADA section 504. We need this feature, please!
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This will be a great feature to have- a lot of learners are asking for it.
I appreciate you taking the time to share this with us, Rahel! I've added your comments to our feature request to update you when this makes it on our roadmap.
I found this thread researching if this is possible because I have a client asking for this. Would love to see a solution in Storyline!
I also need variable playback speed. I'm creating a course that will go out to 7000+ students and different people have different needs. This is an important feature and I see that people have been requesting it for at least 5 years now. Will this be available in Storyline any time soon? Thanks!
Hi, Juliet.
While this feature hasn't made it on our feature roadmap yet, this discussion is connected to the report, so we'll be sure to notify you when we have news to share.
i just renewed my subscription today. Had to think really hard about it.
This isn't *a nice to have *feature, we are getting hit on student
evaluations.
Common please add the feature to speed up the audio.
I don't know why this is not on the current roadmap. It is part of Rise. Please know that the absence of this functionality (it should be considered base functionality, not a nice-to-have feature) really hurts us in student evaluations. So, why isn't it?
As a student who has to use some of the modules to learn about policy changes, the missing base functionality doesn't help us either.
The ability to speed up audio, slide transitions, and other effects is critical in order reduce distractibility and increase content retention. The content delivery speed needs to be in the control of the person trying to learn, not the person developing the content because while I may want my content on computing to move quickly, I want my content on cooking to move slowly, otherwise I'll cut myself. Julia Childs would prefer the reverse.
It is really unfortunate that this problem has been in this software for more than 5 years.
Playback speed controls for audio/video should be standard for all programs that use HTML5.
I would love this feature too!
Agreed this is an important feature. I also vote for it.
And for my ESL learners, I would like the opposite. They want to be able to slow down the audio... Please make this a priority in order to be more accessible to those with disabilities and who are ESL. Thanks
I vote for this too.
Dear Articulate Team,
I am working for a large IT company and this feature is essential for our trainings, since our learners are used to watch videos with higher speed. We want to incorporate more interactive content into our curriculum and really like Storyline as the best authoring tool in the market, but the lack of this essential feature might force us to consider switching to Adobe Captivate. Please take the request serious.
This feature is in development as you can see in the roadmap https://articulate.com/support/article/Articulate-360-Feature-Roadmap
Dear Phil,
thank you for the hint. Can I ask how long should it take until the feature is available. It is probably hard to predict, but is it the near future or would they need some years for this?
Hi Silviya,
Thank you for reaching out! As Phil shared, our feature roadmap is a great resource to see what we are currently working on. We aren’t ready to share a specific date on when that feature will ship, but we’ll be sure to update this discussion when it’s ready to go!
Please don't hesitate to reach out to our support engineers if you need further assistance on your project. We'll be happy to take a look!
Yay!! [Childlike giddiness.]
--Allen
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What does it take to get this feature on the roadmap, Articulate? People have been asking for this for more than 5 years now: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/variable-playback-speed .
It's here! It's here! Thank you! Thank you! [More giddiness.]
--Allen
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Hi everyone,
What is the status on this? Are we already able to control the speed, and if so, where? (I tried finding this feature on the roadmap but didn't see it!)
Thank you!
Anya