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christinasutton
Community Member
10 years ago

Character Bundles do not have any Asian or Indian Characters help!

I have the Character Bundle 1, went looking at 2 just to see if by chance there were asian or indian characters - and alas, no.  Guess I won't be purchasing.  Articulate please add these!  For tho...
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MichelleMacdona
Community Member
8 years ago

Hi Aloshe,

I was wondering if you ever found the characters you were looking for? Did you try the power point trick?

I am also looking for a greater diversity of characters, as I work for a program that serves students from across a city of over 1 million. Not only does Storyline need a greater diversity of characters, but they need to consider the fact that not all people today in the workplace are Westernized in the way they dress. For example, I would like the option to use a woman wearing a hijab or a man in a turban or a braid to demonstrate more diversity in culture (these three examples would represent some of our students).

I would also love to use characters that show more diversity in their physiology. All Storyline characters are thin, which is not representative of the population.

I hope Articulate will work on creating more diverse characters in the near future.

Thanks,

Michelle

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    AlosheNedumpara
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Hi Michelle,

    I apologize for the delay in responding to your note. For some strange reason, the automated email on this thread was buried in my inbox.

    I am not sure if by the PowerPoint trick you meant the one recommended by Jackson Hamner? If yes, I did try that trick for my illustrated character storyboard. Unfortunately, it took a lot of time and resulted in compatibility issue when those characters got imported from PowerPoint to Storyline. I was not happy with the conversion quality as well.

    I appreciate the insights you've shared and couldn't agree more on them. You've provided some thought-provoking and valid concerns with concrete examples that Articulate needs to attend to. I would also like to see the differently-abled (e.g., visually or physically challenged) represented in the character set.

    I am surprised that Articulate is not taking active lead on these in their developments while recent players like GoAnimate are making progress by leaps and bounds.(https://blog.goanimate.com/customizable-goanimate-characters-get-an-update/)

    I am still stranded with limited options even in the photographic character set of paid Articulate 360 subscription. It's been over 4 years since multiple requests have been made on this and other thread including our requests 4-5 months back, still the improvements haven't been significant in the diversity of characters.

    Hopefully, Articulate would realize the need of the hour in a time-sensitive manner and without further delay.


    Thanks,
    Aloshe

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