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VTML Support for Text to Speech
Hi, I'm happy to see the Text to Speech feature in Storyline 360, this looks complete now. I would like to know if I can edit the Script using VTML or any other alternative to give a pause and stop ...
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!
Hello Sri Harsha! That's a great question. Currently, you can edit the content and the voice of the text to speech feature.
We always listen to what customers are saying as they try out our new features, so thanks for chiming in! I'll add your discussion to our feature request for more editing tools with text to speech.
Just as FYI, VTML is subtly different than "editing the content" of the content and the voice.
As one example, although VTML can be used to add "pregnant pauses" within lines of text as can also be done by editing the waveform that results in S360... VTML also enables you to address things like how a string of numbers is read (you can tell it to read a phone number with the familiar pauses, and not expressing the "dash" between the third and fourth number of a 7-digit phone number), how to handle abbreviations and acronyms, parts of speech (different subtleties inherent in reading a word that can be a noun or a verb, as one example, like "chair" as either a piece of furniture to sit on or the process of leading a meeting), and, to use a common expression, decide whether to read "tomato" as Tuh-MAY-to, or toh-MA-to.
For a guide on VTML tags, check out: http://media.neospeech.com/document/vt_eng-Engine-VTML-v3.9.0-3.pdf
