Hi there, I have been thinking a lot about the implementation of the following 2 ideas; I hope I am not the only one that has these wishes. It would be a game changer 1. To be able to use Google's Voice Search Engine in storyline! A user has to fill in the blank by speaking the word. Google's Voice Search is pretty good in recognizing words. I have found an Android application which used the Search Engine to display the spoken words as text. -this was a speech-to-sms program. 2. The ability for a user, learner, to listen first to a sound created in the course..and then the option to record his/her own voice so that the user can compare the pronunciation. -I have the Cambridge Advanced Learner's dictionary which has this option. Can anyone tell me about the possibilities, or share some thoughts about this? Online Language learning often goes without practicing the pronunciation...or when it does, then this website just only revolves completely around this skill. Cheers Wim

This code works very well in the storyline. The issue just that should put a particular time to record in "await sleep(5000);" calculated by milliseconds in the code below. You can just put it directly inside a trigger using (Execute JavaScript) anywhere, then it will play by itself after finishing recording. There are other ways to save recording but I tried about one year ago and no way could work. I hope it can work in new versions. You can put it in Command, shape... or even in the player tab. It could be used for practicing speaking for students. Hope it can help. Here's the code: const recordAudio = () =>new Promise(async resolve => {const stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ audio: true }); const mediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder(stream); const audioChunks = []; mediaRecorder.addEventListener("dataavailable", event => {audioChunks.push(event.data); }); const start = () => mediaRecorder.start(); const stop = () =>new Promise(resolve => {mediaRecorder.addEventListener("stop", () => { const audioBlob = new Blob(audioChunks); const audioUrl = URL.createObjectURL(audioBlob); const audio = new Audio(audioUrl);const play = () => audio.play(); resolve({ audioBlob, audioUrl, play }); }); mediaRecorder.stop(); }); resolve({ start, stop }); }); const sleep = time => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, time)); (async () => {const recorder = await recordAudio(); recorder.start(); await sleep(5000); const audio = await recorder.stop(); audio.play();})();

Hi Wim, In-slide voice recording is a neat idea. A lot of sites used to leverage Flash Media Server to provide that type of functionality. I don't see many anymore. There are some jquery plugins that leverage the Flash Recorder. Here's one site but it looks like it still requires some level of web development or php experience. Sites like Google and others that use similar voice recording technologies, can be inserted into Storyline using Web Objects. But there isn't something that can reside on the slide level and transcribe on-slide text.

Hi David, Thanks for your suggestions. The Jquery plugin looks great, however, and unfortunately, I don't possess any advanced web development skills other than copying snippets into a very clearly described and documented places. I wouldn't need to store the sound on the web-server, just record and payback from the browser's cache would be sufficient. If you ever come across a person who is trying to do the same, or better, who has integrated this into storyline's html output file. Please try to remember me About google's voice search, I understand from your message that it wouldn't be possible to transcribe the recognized speech to on-slide text.... Am I correct to understand that it WOULD be possible to add a web object that could show a google search...and with a bit of creativity I could point out to the user that he/she could "check" their pronunciation of a given word by looking at the search results? I know this may sound complicated and confusing...and it could also not be a graded question. But it would be a way of telling whether the user would pronounce the word correctly:) am I right? I hope you can understand what I wrote down... :) My English needs improvement, I think I am sitting too long behind my pc:) Kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions on how to implement the google search web object Wim

Hi Wim, I'm so glad to see someone else asking this question. I develop a lot of skill development tools and the ability to have a user record and playback their audio as a self evaluation tool (like recording your voicemail greeting) would be a real game changer. I have been seeking this for some time and don't see flash as the solution. Have you considered anything else? I will check out the jquery solution proposed by David but my development skills with PHP are limited. Eager to make this happen. Jon

Ability for users to record and playback sound during a quiz

38 Replies

DavidAnderson
Staff
13 years ago

Hi Wim,

In-slide voice recording is a neat idea. A lot of sites used to leverage Flash Media Server to provide that type of functionality. I don't see many anymore.

There are some jquery plugins that leverage the Flash Recorder. Here's one site but it looks like it still requires some level of web development or php experience.

Sites like Google and others that use similar voice recording technologies, can be inserted into Storyline using Web Objects. But there isn't something that can reside on the slide level and transcribe on-slide text.
Wimvan-den-Bosc
Community Member
13 years ago

Hi David,

Thanks for your suggestions.

The Jquery plugin looks great, however, and unfortunately, I don't possess any advanced web development skills other than copying snippets into a very clearly described and documented places. I wouldn't need to store the sound on the web-server, just record and payback from the browser's cache would be sufficient.

If you ever come across a person who is trying to do the same, or better, who has integrated this into storyline's html output file. Please try to remember me

About google's voice search, I understand from your message that it wouldn't be possible to transcribe the recognized speech to on-slide text.... Am I correct to understand that it WOULD be possible to add a web object that could show a google search...and with a bit of creativity I could point out to the user that he/she could "check" their pronunciation of a given word by looking at the search results? I know this may sound complicated and confusing...and it could also not be a graded question. But it would be a way of telling whether the user would pronounce the word correctly:) am I right?

I hope you can understand what I wrote down... :) My English needs improvement, I think I am sitting too long behind my pc:)

Kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions on how to implement the google search web object

Wim
Wimvan-den-Bosc
Community Member
13 years ago
- elisajuarez
  Community Member
  11 years ago
  Wim,
  
  Were you ever able to do the Record/playback to compare pronunciation in Storyline? This is exactly what I'd like to do but I don't want to rely on internet or any third party program, I would appreciate if you can give me some pointers.
  
  Thanks!
Jonberardi
Community Member
13 years ago

Hi Wim,

I'm so glad to see someone else asking this question. I develop a lot of skill development tools and the ability to have a user record and playback their audio as a self evaluation tool (like recording your voicemail greeting) would be a real game changer. I have been seeking this for some time and don't see flash as the solution. Have you considered anything else? I will check out the jquery solution proposed by David but my development skills with PHP are limited.

Eager to make this happen.

Jon
JuliaMiller1
Community Member
12 years ago

I'm trying to find a tool like this for students to use. It sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. Did you find anything, Jon and Wim?

Julia
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
12 years ago

Hi Julia and welcome to Heroes!

I don't know that Jon and Wim are still subscribed to this thread, as it's a bit older. You may want to send them a private message to see what they were able to end up creating.
MeredithBaker
Community Member
11 years ago
Hi, I am looking for the ability for a user to record audio to insert into a scenario based lesson. I have just started my search 5 minutes ago. I do have some web development skills and php experience, so I will check into the ideas previously mentioned.

Is there anything else to add since the last post, since I see it is 11 months ago.... does anyone have any more thoughts as I start my search?

Thank you for your assistance and input!
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
11 years ago
Hi Meredith,

This is still not an option of Storyline - but in regards to searching - you can search from the top of the forums using the "magnifying" glass icon or using Google and starting the search query with "site:articulate.com" and then your search terms.
MeredithBaker
Community Member
11 years ago
Hi Ashley,

Thank you for your quick reply! -M
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
11 years ago
Hi Elisa,

I'm not sure if Wim is still subscribed to this thread, so you may want to use the "contact me" button on Wim's profile to reach out directly.