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Easy way to changing voice in text-to-speech
Hi,
I was just wondering if there was an easy way to change the voice (text-to-speech) option across a whole presentation, rather than going into each speech line?
I have used one voice throughout the Storyline presentation but would like to change to another voice. How can I easily make the change across the entire project?
Thanks for any assistance
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Hello Vicki!
Since text-to-speech produces audio on each slide, there isn't a way to change the voice for all text-to-speech audio in your whole project. Here's a 10-second clip showing how to change the voice on each audio file.
Hi Lauren. I have Articulate 360 and there is no option for Text to speech my version of Storyline 360. It updates constantly so why is my team not seeing this option?
Thanks for getting back to me.
How do we do if we have 60 slides to do? Do we have to do them one by one? Is there a method to do a bulk change in one go?
Hi, Training Department.
I'm not aware of a bulk method for changing the voice for the entire presentation. As Lauren mentioned above, the Text-to-speech feature creates separate audio files for each slide, so you'd need to change them individually as well.
Hi, Omar.
Thank you for reaching out!
When you navigate to Insert > Audio, which options do you see?
Take a look at the screenshot below:
If you see different options in your Storyline 360, I recommend the following:
- Start with a quick repair of Storyline 360
- If a repair doesn't solve it, please open a support case so we can further investigate.
Humph, I was looking for exactly the same thing...
Now, 4 years later: Is there a possibility with the AI option, maybe? My IT are checking this, but they are a bit overwhelmed with requests for new software atm so I cannot try and find it myself...
Just thinking: If you open the .story file in zip, you can find the different audio files. Is there a way to match these audio files to the text they are based on, which must be saved in there as well, and maybe build an external tool for this purpose? storyline can do this, so there must be a way.I have so many translations to do, it would save so much time...
When we build a story with narration, we have a separate document with a script file list. It shows the scene number, slide number, narration text, and file name for the narration on that slide; if it's a layer, that is also noted. So it's a relatively quick process to update a single audio file.
That sounds very organised and very sensible. I will see if something like that can work for me.
Thanks!
I have been replacing text-to-speech voices in Articulate Storyline the hard way.
OLD WORKFLOW
I go to the slide, open the old voice, copy the text, maybe paste it someplace to hold it, then go to the menu bar, select the AI option, select a voice, and finally paste the text here, generate the voice, then insert it into the slide.
NEW WORKFLOW
I have also been working with Grammarly in Storyline. I discovered I can right-click the voice and select the new voice from the menu by selecting the AI option. At the same time, Grammarly works in the AI text area, so I can check spelling and grammar, make the changes, copy the text, generate the voice, Insert it, then paste the changed text in the Text Box so all is in sync.
I LOVE IT when software works to save me steps.
