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

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DonnaRubinson
Community Member
9 years ago
Hi, Has any progress been made regarding creating Storyline 2 or 360 modules in which the learner can record and then playback what they said? This would be great for teaching a language.

Thanx,

Donna
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
9 years ago
Hi Donna,

There hasn't been a feature added to Storyline or other Articulate tools that would allow the user to record and playback audio while taking the course, but the suggestions shared in other forum discussions indicate there are a number of web based tools that you could look at utilizing by inserting them as a web object into your Storyline course. I'll defer to our community of experts here for which ones are their go-to options!
- DonnaRubinson
  Community Member
  9 years ago
  Thank you. I will look into the plug-ins via our community of experts.
- SophieVictoriaL
  Community Member
  9 years ago
  Hi Ashley, could you indicate where other discussions on this? Thank you!
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
9 years ago
Hi Sophie - They are a bit dated, but I've seen some suggestions here and here.
ShannonOKeefe-b
Community Member
7 years ago
Still would love to see this feature available!
FahdAlbinali-fb
Community Member
7 years ago
i hope you solved this features , we need it ASAP
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
7 years ago
Hello IQRA and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)

There are some links to other conversations with ideas that other community members have used to accomplish this need.

It'd be great if you could share your idea and use-case with our team here.
celiapowell
Community Member
7 years ago
I would also like this functionality.
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
7 years ago
Hi Celia,

Thanks for chiming in and mentioning that you would like to see this functionality in the software as well.

Would you be able to share your use-case with me so I can share your thoughts or you are welcome to submit it directly to our team here.
- celiapowell
  Community Member
  7 years ago
  For teaching public speaking. Learners would listen to a paragraph read by a professional, then record and playback their own example to compare pronunciation, pacing, delivery, etc.
  - RussellFindlay
    Community Member
    5 years ago
    Hi - did you solve this challenge ? We are looking for exactly the same thing. I want a participant to be able to record themselves and then play back and listen within the LMS
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
7 years ago
Thanks, Celia. That's helpful and I've submitted this feature request on your behalf.
- RussellFindlay
  Community Member
  5 years ago
  Leslie - did anything come of this. I have the same need as above
  - KatieRiggio
    Staff
    5 years ago
    Hi there, Russell!
    
    Storyline doesn't have a feature that allows learners to record their voice at this time, but I'll share your note with the right folks.
    
    In the meantime, I've seen the community use other tools to achieve this. Check out these related discussions:
    
    Record and Reply Audio
    
    Demo: Simple example enables the learner to record own voice
    
    Learner record voice and save for playback later
NikkiMontes
Community Member
5 years ago
I am looking for the same feature as well. I see that new features were just implemented into Articulate. Will this be a feature in the near future?

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