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Text to speech speed
Hi, everyone!
I have some great news to share. We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 83, we've included important fixes and new features!
One of the new features we've included:
- Unlock new possibilities for text-to-speech audio. Use speech synthesis markup language (SSML) to adjust the speaking rate, modify pronunciation, emphasize words, add pauses, and more.
Launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer to take advantage of this update, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here.
Please let me know if you need additional help!
I would love to see Articulate improve their Text to Speech capabilities to keep up with advancements in voices and features. I don't use the built in Storyline TTS anymore, though it is convenient. The voices are not the best and I want something a bit better. I use Microsoft Azure Neural voices now (which are excellent) or Amazon Neural Voices for some projects. There is a great tool called HeroVoice TTS (in the Microsoft Store) made by an e-learning guy that is a standalone Window App that allows you to access voices from Google, Microsoft and Amazon. You can adjust a lot of things with it. You do need to set up some developer accounts with the major players though, but it is not hard.
Rick, we use Articulate's TTS for development purposes, then swap out the narration at the end. Our team just received access to WellSaid Labs and are very excited to start using it. The tool provides more than 20 different voices so there's a lot of options, depending on your narration needs.
Nice! I've seen that product. I just use MS Azure Text to Speech services and their Speech Studio. The new Neural voices are incredible. It has a great editor where you can adjust a wide range of things.
