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KairasMistry-9d
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2 months ago
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Preview TTS before inserting to slide

I'm trying to preview my text-to-speech narration before inserting it to the slide. After adding my text, I click the "Preview" button, but all it does is give me a sample of the voice I've chosen. I...
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    EricSantos
    2 months ago

    Hi KairasMistry-9d,

    Thanks for pointing this out. You’re correct that in the classic text-to-speech tool, the Preview button only plays a sample of the selected voice and doesn’t read back the custom script you’ve entered.

    I’ve shared this as a feature request with our team so they can see how valuable it would be to preview text-to-speech before inserting it. For now, the only way to hear the generated audio is to insert it onto the slide and then preview.

    Thanks again for sharing your feedback!

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EricSantos
Staff
2 months ago

Hi KairasMistry-9d,

Thanks for pointing this out. You’re correct that in the classic text-to-speech tool, the Preview button only plays a sample of the selected voice and doesn’t read back the custom script you’ve entered.

I’ve shared this as a feature request with our team so they can see how valuable it would be to preview text-to-speech before inserting it. For now, the only way to hear the generated audio is to insert it onto the slide and then preview.

Thanks again for sharing your feedback!