Rise and Audio

Thanks, Michele for sharing that answer here. No changes to our autoplay, and a lot of browsers have started to block it by default such as Chrome and Safari. 

I did notice the autoplay has been blocked by default by browsers.  That doesnt really answer my question though, this feature is available in StoryLine to add audio from file or text to speach at any location that is what I am looking for.  If I want to add an audio file over top of an image or text.

Sorry, Jen - it looks like I missed your original question. 

We haven't implemented autoplay of media in Rise, for the reasons mentioned earlier. As for playing audio at the same time as viewing other interactions, the audio is designed to stop once you start interacting with another element. I can share your set up with our team as they look for new ideas to add to Rise! 

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Every time the request to include an auto-play feature for audio,, it is met with the canned response of "We have shied away from auto-start of media because it’s not a web-standard experience on multi-device..." or words to that effect. 

In my experience, B2B learners generally don't access eLearning content on a mobile device. In past jobs LMS reports indicated fewer than 2% of our clients who accessed online content did so with a mobile device. 

Now, I get it. When responsive design became a must, I totally drank the mobile eLearning content development Kool-aid. Now that my sugar rush has subsided and the numbers are in, I wonder if perhaps it's time to focus on the core mode of eLearning needs and leave the mobile stuff on the "great idea - we'll get to it when we can" shelf.

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I feel better! Would love to see audio auto-play added to Rise. I figure, if Storyline has this option built-in, Rise can implement it as well.

Thanks!

-Dave

Hey Kevin,

This functionality is not built into the program, but I know that I've seen a similar conversation around Storyline in the past and ideas shared here. Perhaps you can grab an idea to get you started :)

Hi, are there audio length / size file limits for the mp3 or mp4?