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GeraldCrumbley
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4 years ago

Text-To-Speech voice inflection tricks?

I am looking for a document which lists Text-To-Speech voice inflection tricks using punctuation, symbols, etc. I know you can use *, -- , ; , bold, etc. but I wanted to see if there was a complete ...
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AndreaKoehntop
Community Member
4 years ago

Hello Gerald! I think it's great that you are trying to create this document for your staff! I don't know that I had much more luck than you, but did you see this article on Using Punctuation and Mark-Up Language to Increase Text-to-Speech Quality? 

Also, not specifically what you are looking for maybe, but here's some tips for using text-to-speech in Storyline. I also found this resource: 3 Examples that Showcase Text-to-Speech in E-Learning. Please let me know if any of these resources were of help to you! 

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    GeraldCrumbley
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Thanks! And Yes . . . those are the ones I pulled information from.

    I found that certain tricks don't work in Storyline 360:

    * Bolding part of a word doesn't change the voice inflections
    * Underlining doesn't work either.

    Using an extra return, the em dash with spaces, seems to work OK

    I've not tried the arrow key, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

    Gerald Crumbley, PMP [PMP