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LeeMillardButlr
Community Member
1 year ago

Text-to-Speech Issues & Sample Library Idea

Yesterday I was generating some text-to-speech in Storyline and the samples within SL were not playing for me. I would click the play button and it acted like they were playing but I could hear no so...
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TheresaHobbs-41
Community Member
8 months ago

Love the idea of a voice repository!  We are trying to convince our leadership team to invest in the AI option, and it would be a much easier sell if we could access samples of all the available voices.

  • TheresaHobbs-41's avatar
    TheresaHobbs-41
    Community Member
    8 months ago

    Hi KellyAuner​,

    I mean access to samples of all available AI voices outside of a trial — a repository of audio files of each voice saying the same sentence(s).  This would allow Articulate users (and those in charge of procurement budgets) to simply go to a site and sample any of the voices and languages available with the AI add-on.  It would be much easier to justify the added cost if we could quickly take budget managers to the site and let them listen for themselves!   

     

    • CrystalKlari268's avatar
      CrystalKlari268
      Community Member
      22 days ago

      I would love this as well! There's no need to generate any audio - just a place to filter and listen to the audio previews that are already built for each voice. It would essentially be what you have in Storyline, but take out all generate text and use buttons. I would love to have a page to send to my stakeholders so they could pick out their favorite voice. It really would have been helpful to send the library of options to my supervisor when we were working on approving the AI purchase - as it was, I had to share my screen with people while I still had the trial.

      • EricSantos's avatar
        EricSantos
        Staff
        17 hours ago

        Hi CrystalKlari268,

        Thanks for sharing that context. I can see how the current Voice Library experience works well for authors inside Storyline, but doesn't make it easy to share voice options with stakeholders who may not have access to the authoring environment.

        I've shared your feedback with our product team. A shareable or publicly accessible version of the Voice Library could make it easier for teams to review available voices and support purchasing decisions without requiring a trial or a live screen-sharing session.

        We appreciate you taking the time to explain how this would help your evaluation process.