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Slow down entire slide/voice - text to speech
Is there an easy way to slow down the text-to-speech for each slide-to-speech file?
Meaning, I don't want to slow down a specific word or words but rather the entire paragraph of text on a slide. I want to slow down the entire rate for that voice file.
Any way to do this?
It would be nice to have this an option when the "insert text to speech" window opens. Then have a selection to slow down the rate at that point, with options of rate speeds)
Hello Katrina,
Thanks for reaching out! I'm happy to share that you can slow down your text-to-speech audio using SSML, which Storyline supports.
To enable SSML support, you must enclose your text-to-speech narration with the start tag <speak> and the end tag </speak>. You can control the speaking rate using the <prosody> tag, as shown by the sample below and the attached file containing the resulting text-to-speech audio. If you'd like to slow down an entire paragraph, enclose all of it with the <prosody> tag.
<speak>
<prosody rate="x-slow">
We’re so glad you’re here! You are now part of a growing community of professionals creating, collaborating, and connecting worldwide via Articulate Storyline.Whether you’ve joined to create something of your own or just to connect with other professionals, we’ve got something for you.
</prosody>
</speak>Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have additional questions.
