Text-to-speech voices

HI Deanna,

Unfortunately not. There is no bulk or automated way to do this. Storyline actually creates this speech directly from the text when you type it in. From that point on, it is just a regular audio file.

So unfortunately that also means that editing it to a different voice requires you to go in to each text and choose that new voice.

Im not sure how many you have to do, but one tip I use is if I have cuepoints or assets on the slide which synchonise to the TTS audio, I make a copy of each of these audio files (you can use the MEDIA LIBRARY within Storyline to make this easier).

From there, I open the audio file up in an audio editor program (I use Adobe Audition).
This lets me place an actual "marker" at every cue point, so when I create my new audio file - even if I dont speak the language - I can see exactly where each cuepoint and/or onscreen synchonisation needs to occur.

Hope that helps!

Hi again Deanna.

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I cant really show all the steps for the audio cuepoint thing. There are quite a few and in different programs! However, do you use alot of synchonisation of on screen elements to your TTS audio?

yes we line up the speech to elements on the slide.

Oh dear. :)

Well, nothing else for it but the manual way. If you speak and read French then it wont be as hard, but if not, consider the easiest way to work out when you need something to happen on screen. This is what I was discussing earlier with the cuepoints and markers in Adobe Audition.

So, I would start by getting the English script, and putting a little indicator character in the script for me. I use a "[M]" When I see this in the script I know that something has to happen on screen to synchonise with this point in the script.

Then when I get my translated audio (either from TTS or from a translation company) I can more easily match up the "[M]" indicators, and then even though I cant understand the language, I know exactly what is supposed to happen and when.

Changing languages is a lot of work for something with audio synchonisation, but if you plan it out well before beginning, it can be a lot more streamlined and easier in the long run.

Good luck!