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Text-to-Speech AI assistant No language options
Every article or tutorial I read about text to speech says you can select other languages.
Storyline 360: Converting Text to Speech | Articulate - Community
However, I don't see that option on my text-to-speech window. What am I missing?
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Hi KatieMauter,
I'm happy to help!
With the AI Assistant Text-to-Speech tool, you must type or paste your script in the supported language you'd like to use. Please note that even though the voice description notes a specific accent or language, AI Assistant will generate the narration in the language used in your script. Here's a quick Peek to show you how to use this feature.
The resource you linked, Storyline 360: Converting Text to Speech | Articulate - Community, refers to the original Text-to-Speech feature. To use this tool, select Insert on the top ribbon > drop-down arrow under Audio > Text-to-Speech. From there, you can choose a language and voice and then insert the script.
I hope this helps!
Can you expand on how these features are different? Does that mean using the AI Text to Speech will have an English dialect/accent when speaking Spanish? Is one feature more robotic than others? Spanish is a broad language. Cuban Spanish is different from Mexico, and Mexico is different than Spain Spanish.
Hello KatieMauter,
The AI Assistant Text-to-Speech feature is part of the Articulate AI assistant add-on. It can generate realistic audio based on the entered script, and part of the realism includes distinguishing between specific dialects. Example:
- Spanish (Spain)
- Spanish (Mexico)
There's also a built-in text-to-speech feature included in Storyline 360, but this one has fewer features than its AI counterpart, though both are advanced enough to not sound robotic. Articulate AI's text-to-speech feature has enhanced capabilities and is also able to generate sound effects.
I have a similar question: I want to preview the voice in other languages before I use. It does not look like it is possible in Storyline. I had to provide the script in that foreign language and had the AI assistant do the trick for me, blindly. The two I tried was way off, not authentic pronunciation at all. Do I have to use other AI for foreign language voices?
Hi SusanC​!
Happy to help!
Currently, it is not possible to preview AI Text-to-Speech voices in other languages before generating the audio in Storyline first. I understand having the ability to do so would be helpful. I've submitted this as a feature request on your behalf!
As a workaround, you can try the classic Text-to-Speech option instead of AI-Assisted. The classic mode supports SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language), which lets you fine-tune pronunciation, pacing, and emphasis. While it doesn’t provide previews in other languages, SSML gives you more control to improve accuracy and sound quality for foreign language narration.
Please let me know if you need anything else!
Hi,
I will add to this topic instead of creating a new one.
The AI Text-To-Speech works great when you have a language that is pretty 'individual'. I also appreciate these multiple changes that you incorporated in this year to it. For me, it's almost perfect. I'll add maybe a few options in the future, but for the English trainings - it's great.
But when it comes to other languages...
I have selected Johannes for my Norwegian training. He's a young, Norwegian man, with a standard accent. Well, that's why at least the description says.
Because he will sometimes switch the dialects he speaks. Or switch completely to Swedish, because some words are the same between languages. And I can't control this behaviour, SSML <lang> and [dialect] options doesn't work.
Can we get yet another (preferably global) dropdown that will allow to specify in which language the training should be voiceovered, so the narrator doesn't randomly changes how he/she speaks?
Norwegian is the one language. Spanish, even when selecting someone with Penisula accent, will still sometimes switch to some Mexican variations when pleased.
(and if we are talking, there's one more thing - can there be a button that will grab all the texts from the screen and put them inside the 'generate' box? ;))
I'll also file a support case, as I'm past the release and I have a little problem right now.
