Text-to-Speech in Storyline & Rise

I would recommend adding an additional slide at the beginning of your Storyline file that has no audio on it.  We often add a slide with a "play icon" on it.  That icon has a trigger to jump to the next slide, where your audio will begin.  

Thanks Ron for your suggestion. I made it. ^_^

I had also come across this problem recently.  I wanted to find a solution to the user having to click something, so I did the following instead:

• duplicated the slide;
• on the first slide
  1. Removed all of the triggers
  2. Inserted a square shape
  3. Enlarged the shape by dragging it over the entire slide
  4. Changed the Shape Fill to ‘No fill’ and the Shape Outline to ‘No Outline’
  5. Added a trigger to Rectangle 1 to:

Jump to slide next slide
When the user hovers over Rectangle 1

This seems to work, but can I just check please whether this could cause any issues for any users and, if so, what else could I do to get around this?

Thanks. 

Hi Tracy,

An issue with the using a hover state is that it likely won't work if the learner is using a mobile device or if they are using a screen reader. This may or may not matter depending on your specific use case but it is something you or others may need to be aware of. 

Hi Cary,

Yes, I had thought of these issues too.  Since I posted the above yesterday afternoon I found a better solution that seems to work really well:

1. duplicate the slide;
   
   
2. on the first slide
1. Remove all of the audio
2. Add a trigger to the first slide to: Jump to slide 'next slide' when the timeline starts on this slide