Using NaturalReader TTS files in Storyline 2

Oct 28, 2015

Hi everyone,

I've got to translate some modules into French and Spanish, and I'd like to use a text-to-speech utility to do so. I had thought about buying additional NeoSpeech voices for use in Captivate, but I hate Captivate, so I'd love to avoid that.

I found NaturalReader referenced in a few posts, and I'm happy with their voices and price, but then I find this in their FAQ:

I would like to distribute audio files created by NaturalReader software. How do I purchase a license?
Due to licensing restrictions, we cannot allow customers to redistribute the sound files created by NaturalReader. For permission to redistribute the audio files, you must contact the voice providers (AT&T, Neospeech, Acapela) to buy the license.

Do I really need to worry about using the MP3 outputs for a non-commercial, elearning module? Hopefully I'm just overestimating what they mean by "redistribute".

Thanks in advance!

Elizabeth

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Seth Ozen

over 8 years ago10/28/15 at 8:18 pm (UTC)

Second FAQ item

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 8 years ago10/29/15 at 12:54 pm (UTC)

Hi Elizabeth,

It looks like Seth has linked to their FAQ page for you- and since it's not a company I'm familiar with I'll defer to the community for additional assistance.

over 8 years ago10/29/15 at 12:56 pm (UTC)

Thanks, Seth, but I believe that they are referring to the actual NaturalReader software there, not any audio files created using the software. Unfortunately, the free version doesn’t have the ability to export audio recordings of your TTS conversions.

Using NaturalReader TTS files in Storyline 2

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