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Changes to AI Voiceover
I've noticed that overnight there have been two new changes to the AI voiceover. I often have several audio files on one slide so I can ensure my voiceover starts when an object appears. Previously, if I hovered over the audio in the Timeline, I would be able to see a pop up that showed me the start of the script. If I needed to make a change to an audio file, the pop up made it much easier to find the one I was looking for.
The other issue I've noticed is that when I open the AI text-to-speech dialogue box, it takes longer to display the script. When I did it the first time, I thought there was a technical issue because it took so long. It also wasn't just one slide or one file. It happened to several.
I recognize that Articulate is working on improving things but it is getting to be so frustrating that things don't work the same way from one day to the next. Also, there seems to be issues popping up all the time. I've never experienced this with any application before.
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If I wanted to engage in unfair speculation, I might wonder about vibe coding ....
Hi LisaRoberts-691,
Sorry to hear that you're experiencing these setbacks with AI Text-to-Speech in Storyline.
We haven't released any updates for Storyline that would impact ToolTip behavior when hovering over items from the Timeline. I'm still able to see a preview of my TTS script when hovering over the audio file. Also, my script from the AI-TTS dialog window populated fairly quickly upon launch.
- Here's a quick screen recording of the behavior when testing in Storyline version 3.119.37125.0.
First, I'd like to determine whether Windows is suppressing ToolTip display globally. Can you clarify whether hover ToolTips appear elsewhere in Storyline (for example, on the ribbon controls), and in other Windows applications? If not, you can enable this Windows setting via:
- Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > Performance Settings
The Performance Options window should have an item listed for "Fade or slide ToolTips into view".
If it's already enabled, erratic behavior such as this can be caused by authoring directly from a network drive. Can you confirm that you're working with locally-stored .story files? Also, have you tried repairing your Storyline installation to see if that improves the behavior?
Looking forward to hearing from you!
