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Changing Speed of Audio in Articulate Storyline?
I'm working on creating some Articulate Storyline projects for a class I teach. Our current videos are MUCH less engaging and interactive and are simply the professor in front of a web camera lectu...
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!
The ability to change tempo or speed of speech without changing pitch has become pretty standard with audio books so not only is this feature expected it addresses a widespread accessibility problem. People who speak the narrator's language as a second language often need slower speeds as well as people who are simply are less familiar with a topic. Blind users usually can listen at over 2-3X the normal speaking rate of sighted people and prefer to speed up narration. A temporary solution is to put transcripts of the narration in notes. This allows people to move through the material more quickly than the narration by reading as well as access by the hard of hearing. Screen readers generally allow users to change playback speed. Unfortunately the animations are tied to narration and, thus, narration speed. I have not figured out an EASY work around to just clicking through the animations like you can with Power Point.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply, Steve. We might have consider transcripts.
