This shouldn't be possible unless the slides have been specifically set up with text-to-speech to say 'Done" when the slide is complete.
Assuming that is the case, the simple solution is to remove that piece of text-to-speech and its associated trigger from the affected slides. If it is on every slide, check that it has not been added to the Slide Master.
If you are still having problems, if you are able to post a copy of your Storyline file here, I will have a look.
Are you sure it's not saying "dot"? I've noticed that sometimes it does that when there is a (invisible to me) space between a character and a period. If I just backspace and get rid of that pesky invisible space, it stops saying "dot". Btw, it only seems to happen to me when I've copy/pasted in some text.
I'm having the same problem. There isn't an extra space anywhere to be found and I'm getting it in about 20% of my slides. I uploaded the file I'm using and the problem slides are labeled "glitch". I corrected the audio, but it's repeatable when I insert text-to-speech.
I previewed your Storyline file and found it very hard to detect any issues with any of the glitch slides.
The only one I wasn't sure about was slide 1.6 just before the final paragraph starts (not sure if this was where you noticed the problem). It also raised the issue that everyone appears to suffer from with text-to-speech in Storyline where I don't believe there is yet a way to insert a decent pause between sentences or paragraphs.
What I have done in the attached file is to split the two paragraphs between two separate text-to-speech items (simply copied, pasted and edited as appropriate) and put a one second gap between them in the timeline. I now don't detect any odd noise between the paragraphs and so, if this is where you have the problem on this slide, this maybe a solution. Either way, hopefully it gives you an option to give your electronic "voice-over guy" a rest between paragraphs !
Thanks Ned. I usually divide sentences by creating separate text-to-speech and adjusting the gaps :-) I edited out the odd sounds at the end of the sentences and I'm watching carefully to make sure it doesn't sneak up on me again!
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Hi Megan,
This shouldn't be possible unless the slides have been specifically set up with text-to-speech to say 'Done" when the slide is complete.
Assuming that is the case, the simple solution is to remove that piece of text-to-speech and its associated trigger from the affected slides. If it is on every slide, check that it has not been added to the Slide Master.
If you are still having problems, if you are able to post a copy of your Storyline file here, I will have a look.
Hi Megan,
Are you sure it's not saying "dot"? I've noticed that sometimes it does that when there is a (invisible to me) space between a character and a period. If I just backspace and get rid of that pesky invisible space, it stops saying "dot". Btw, it only seems to happen to me when I've copy/pasted in some text.
Keli,
That was it. I did copy and paste the text, so I think it added that space. Thank you.
I'm having the same problem. There isn't an extra space anywhere to be found and I'm getting it in about 20% of my slides. I uploaded the file I'm using and the problem slides are labeled "glitch". I corrected the audio, but it's repeatable when I insert text-to-speech.
Hi Bonnie,
I previewed your Storyline file and found it very hard to detect any issues with any of the glitch slides.
The only one I wasn't sure about was slide 1.6 just before the final paragraph starts (not sure if this was where you noticed the problem). It also raised the issue that everyone appears to suffer from with text-to-speech in Storyline where I don't believe there is yet a way to insert a decent pause between sentences or paragraphs.
What I have done in the attached file is to split the two paragraphs between two separate text-to-speech items (simply copied, pasted and edited as appropriate) and put a one second gap between them in the timeline. I now don't detect any odd noise between the paragraphs and so, if this is where you have the problem on this slide, this maybe a solution. Either way, hopefully it gives you an option to give your electronic "voice-over guy" a rest between paragraphs !
Hope this helps in some way. :-)
Thanks Ned. I usually divide sentences by creating separate text-to-speech and adjusting the gaps :-) I edited out the odd sounds at the end of the sentences and I'm watching carefully to make sure it doesn't sneak up on me again!
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