Text to speech

Hi Vidya,

as far as I know, there is no native control over the reading speed of the text to speech feature.

You could, however, export the audio element and then use an external freeware tool like Audacity to lower the playback tempo(not speed, which would change the pitch) of the generated audio file. Find a tutorial here.

Within Storyline, the best I could think of right now would be inserting longer gaps between individual audio files to give learners more time to comprehend the audio.

Regards,

Marc

Hi Vidya!

It sounds like you are looking for more editing tools for the text-to-speech in your course.

So glad to see that Marc has provided some helpful suggestions! I just wanted to pop in and share that we currently have a feature request logged to give authors the ability to slow down/speed up the pace of TTS in Storyline!

I've included you in the feature report and will update this discussion if it makes it onto our Feature Roadmap.

Have a great rest of your week!

Great. Thanks for the idea :)

This is perfect... I'm having the same issue with the French Canadian narrators. The client said they are much too fast. 

Hi Cheryl!

Thanks for reaching out and sharing the feedback! I've added you to the feature request and will be sure to update this discussion as soon as we have news to share!

Have a great start to your week!

Hi Vidya, Marc, and Cheryl!

I have some great news to share. We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 83, we’ve included important fixes and new features!

One enhanced feature we’ve included:

Unlock new possibilities for text-to-speech audio. Use speech synthesis markup language (SSML) to adjust the speaking rate, modify pronunciation, emphasize words, add pauses, and more.

To take advantage of this update, launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here!