Changing Speed of Audio in Articulate Storyline?

Morning, just reading the full trail.  I think the original question is the question I was just asked from my SME.  They actually wanted to know if the learner could have the ability to speed up the pace of the audio they hear on each slide, not using the seek bar as they need to listen to the words, but they just wanted to listen faster than the narrator is speaking.  These are just audio files inserted onto each slide....so this is not possible correct?

I don't believe the current play has this capacity. I had the same question and the person who responded to me let me know that user-controlled speed had been submitted as a feature request.
In the meantime a work-around is to use an audio-editing software to speed up the recording and then insert that clip back into SL. But that new speed will be it. The user will not be able to speed it up or slow it down.

Thanks for the info, but yes, my SME request is to allow the learner to speed it up.  I see a lot of people have submitted a feature request so fingers crossed it moves it up the list :)

Hi,

Just adding another request to add this feature. I launched a course six months ago and there's been consistent feedback from the users asking for the ability to speed up the audio.

Hi guys,

I just came across the same need to add a adjustment of playback time button on my videos.

Is this feature anywhere near to be included in the next updates of Articulate?

Cheers

Rodrigo

Is there a way we can "up vote" for any of these feature requests?  This is a feature most other tools seem to offer and we too may need to move to them due to client demand.

I would also like to request this feature. Many of our users seem to need ability to speed up the audio. If it serves as a means to "up vote" this request, i am happy to submit yet another feature request.

Appreciate everyone's insight here! 😊

We've got our eye on this one, and I'll make sure our team sees the latest votes. You're all in the right place, and I promise we'll circle back to this conversation with any new information. Thanks for letting us know how we can make things even better!

Yes, yes, yes! Learners are always looking for this feature to adjust playback speed (especially playback for audio and video in 1.5x and 2.0x speed). I have looked into Adobe Captivate to see if they have this feature out of the box. It is worth switching for this feature alone if it exists. Does anyone know any good workaround for now? I have been using Youtube/screencast videos as much as possible that have this playback speed feature built-in to accommodate our learners. I wonder if there is an LMS out there that has implemented this feature at the LMS level somehow. Thanks!!!

Looking forward to this feature being available soon in Articulate 360. Thanks!

I also would like to make a request for the learner being able to speed up/slow down the slide speed of the Player. I am getting a large number of requests for this from learners.

When will this feature be added?  This is a very common request in Medical Education:  dense curriculum and a need for efficient use of time.

https://www.learnworlds.com/new-feature-video-speed-control-science-behind/

Not too happy with the lack of responsiveness on Accessibility requests or this thread on playback speed.  These are pretty common requests from users.

Hey folks,

I really appreciate all the feedback and insight you've offered in this discussion. We've shared it all with our Product team for consideration. If we add this feature to a future update of Storyline, we'll let you know!

Thanks, Alyssa.  Given that this thread started five years ago, is there a timeline for a response or even implementation from the Product team?

Hi Cara,

I don't have a timeline to share, but there is more detail on how we work to prioritize feature requests in this article. I hope that helps to offer additional insight. 

I'm watching this thread, as it's something crucial for us.

I must say, it's really frustrating to have the response of "no updates", "no timelines", etc.  It would be far better for us customers to know it literally isn't even on the agenda (it has been 5 years!).

Can you at least confirm that it isn't in development yet (which I presume it isn't)?  And if/when it is planned to even be considered?  At least then we can give appropriate answers to our customers about this and/or consider whether to renew with Articulate.

Agreed.  We get a lot of pressure from students, and knowing that this simple fix is not on anyone's agenda would be helpful to know.  There are work-arounds, such as sending students outside of a module.  However, a five-year request and lack of response is giving me cause for pause. 

Commenting to see new replies in this thread. I submitted this as a feature request back in April of 2018. This is becoming more and more of an expectation of our products from our learners. 

While this may not be ideal as a solution, but has anyone considered creating different versions of your audio/video, of various speeds, and having a selector somewhere allow the learner to select something like "slower" "normal" or "faster"

Then on each slide that leads to a piece of audio, read the variable setting and jump to a slide of that speed. If they are on a slide and want to change speed mid-stream, a variable could be read when the variable changes and load the appropriate slide that contains audio/video of that speed.

Just a thought. In general, we avoid audio for reasons such as this. Without having a dynamic way to control speed, everyone listens a the same speed so it is a limiting factor.

It's a good idea but, like you said, not ideal. We would have to offer at least 3 different speeds, and that means we have to triple the size of the file and amount of work to create these. Plus we have animation synced with the narration, which will be even more work if I had to create multiple versions of the same slides just to offer different play speeds.  I'm hoping this feature can be available soon as we work with medical students who pretty much demand this option. 

Adding my vote for this feature as well. Once of our most common comments for our Storyline training is that learners wish they could speed up the playback.

Yes, I am also working with medical students, and their largest complaint is that they cannot speed up audio so they can go at their pace.  As others have said, this is not the ability to find a particular place with the seek bar, but a feature similar to an audio book, where you can listen at 1x or 2x or .75x.

Thanks for you insight, Mary and Christiana! If we make changes in this area, we'll be sure to keep this discussion updated.