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Can I slow down the audio voice selected in Storyline 360?
I am using one of the audio voice pre-loaded in Storyline 360 and it seems they are all speaking very fast. Is there a way to slow their speech?
Hi, everyone!
I have some great news to share. We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 83, we've included important fixes and new features!
One of the new features we've included:
- Unlock new possibilities for text-to-speech audio. Use speech synthesis markup language (SSML) to adjust the speaking rate, modify pronunciation, emphasize words, add pauses, and more.
Launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer to take advantage of this update, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here.
Please let me know if you need additional help!
Moving this up as I have been needing this function for quite some time, and apparently so has many of the other users. The text to speech function is great to have but only if it is slow enough for the learners to actually have time the time to hear and retain the words that are being spoken. Currently with the audio it creates people tend to have to re-watch every section multiple times to actually hear and retain all of it due to the rate of speed the text to speech audio produces.
Hi Nick,
Thanks for reaching out!
We don't have any news at this time, but we'll be sure to update this thread when there are updates to share! You can see what our Engineers are currently working on within our Feature Roadmap.
Have a great start to your day!
I think this is a great feature, however the developers of the course need the ability to adjust the speed prior to publishing so that the learners do not need to do anything.
Articulate needs to purchase WellSaid so we can use AI-generated voices! It's an awesome product that would marry perfectly with Storyline.
At the company where I work, we create the audio in WellSaid and then edit the mp3 files into the Storyline timelines.
Or MURF.!
At the company where I work, we create the audio in WellSaid and then place the mp3 files I the Storyline timelines.
Roger,
Is that one only available on the cloud or do they have a desktop version? Where I work we can only use the cloud if they are Fed Ramped.
Jeffrey,
Do you know if MURF is only on the cloud?
Hi Ben,
Thanks for checking in on this! I understand you are looking for an update on the ability to slow down the speed of TTS voices. There currently hasn't been any movement on this as we prioritize other features. I'm going to include your voice in the request. We’ll update this discussion when there is any news to share about this.
Hi features team,
I too love the text to speech feature however, am desperate to have further functional controls over pace, annunciations and tones of voice used. Also would be really super to have some improvements to the Australian accents as only Olivia sounds natural the other two are very robotic and monotone which limits us to really only one usable voice.Storyline uses Amazon Polly and here is the list of all available voices
Thank you Jurgen,
I have read the AWS information. Do you know if it is possible to enter the element tags (commands) into the text to speech field in Storyline and have them enacted? I have tried but every time the command is read as part of the text rather than applied to the way it is spoken. Not sure what I am missing or is it that the script must be produced using the AWS console and then imported into Storyline?storyline has only included the "light" version of Amazon Polly
the version with SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language)
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/ssml.html
unfortunately not
