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Autoplay text to speech in 360 images
Hi, is there a way to play the 'text to speech' automatically within the 360 image marker pop-up? Typically, any text to speech in Storyline plays automatically. However, inside the 360 image marker pop-up, there is a play button to click on before the voiceover is played. Thanks.
Hi AC. Would something like this work for you?
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/7881b7d6-7dd7-4555-8e9c-00e88061d4a1/review
Essentially you're just placing the audio file in a layer and setting up a trigger that shows that layer/plays that audio when the marker is clicked. You do lose the play button and ability to scrub, though...
Thanks Daniel, that worked!
Any ideas on how to 'stop' the audio when you click on another marker (which starts another text to speech voiceover)?
Sure! Since you're dealing with layers, you can simply assign triggers to hide certain layers when "X" marker is clicked. For example, you have a trigger that shows the layer containing Marker 1 audio when Marker 1 is clicked...now you just need a trigger that hides that layer when any other marker is clicked.
Ah yes... just that even with 5 markers, that's 5 triggers for each marker. Guess it's not a deal breaker. Thanks again! Wondering why Articulate didn't just implement text to speech for 360 the same way as any slide...
