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Storyline 360: Medical Scenario Triage 101
Bring scenarios to life with Storyline's Content Library characters and images. Add narration quickly and easily using the text-to-speech feature.
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- Nicole,
Thanks for sharing this. I was looking for more ways to design scenarios and I really like this presentation. I will be using it as a model for an upcoming CBL. Keep the medical examples coming!
Mike - The thing about the voice to text.. you have that to use when you don't have someone willing to record for you. I'm fortunate in that I can use voice to text to build the basics. Then when showing the scene/slides to my team - they have something to work with and we have time to get the recordings done in house or through a service.
- Personally I find the voice to text application too artificial and mechanical. They have their use in non-native languages but language options are limited. Sound if the most important aspect of video presentation. I'd rather take the time to narrate a presentation.
- I am using the text to voice feature in my latest training lesson. It is simple and fantastic to use
- So happy to hear that Terrance! Thanks for letting us know. We always love to hear from happy customers :)
- I'd like to learn better, so, is that an automated voice? it is becoming more natural. Cool! Also, is it available only in English, I guess. About the pictures (I mean the patients and the nurse) are they part of a picture bank is it included in Storyline?
- Hi Vitor! Thanks for your questions.
Yes, it is an automated voice, it's done using Storyline's Text-to-Speech feature. There are voices for almost 30 languages (including several dialects) and each of those languages comes in both male/female voices.
Yes those photographic characters are part of the Articulate 360 subscription, in our Content Library (which is a library of 3 million assets including photos, characters, videos, and more)
I invite you to try the TTS feature and the characters using a 60-day free trial of Storyline 360: https://360.articulate.com/
- Gives me lots of ideas! Thank you for sharing.
- Thanks for leaving a comment, Modupe!
- I use TTS all the time for my courses; however, I find that I have to manipulate TTS to get the desired results. Case in point: Course heading 275. TTS calls it two-hundred seventy-five so I type in two-seven-five to get the desired result. The same is true for certain acronyms like AWEA (American Wind Energy Association), which is pronounced aWEEah. The TTS voice of Matthew doesn't sound as robotic as the other voices. I still think this is one neat feature and will continue to use it.
- Chuckle. I use TTS as a first step. I also use phonetics to make the pronunciation correct. In one scenario on obesity, I said the character was eating peanut M&Ms. I had to write it as M and emz (in order to get the sound correct).
- Thanks for your comment and insights! That's a good point that sometimes you need to manipulate the text a bit to get the speech to sound exactly how you want it to. That would be a great topic for an article! Thanks for the idea! :)
- Most TTS generators have a tool for customizing pronunciation without altering spelling
I’m not sure where it is in SL
Maybe someone from Articulate can chime in
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- Personally, I don't prefer a robotic voice and I suspect it could turn off learners. If you're on a tight budget and have a decent ability to read with good inflection and tone, invest in a $50 mic like a Blue Snowball, and be the voice over talent yourself.
- Same here Chad, I can't stand anything that sounds auto-tuned even if it is a robot to begin with, let alone an actual "musician".
- I, too, do my own recordings and use a Blue Snowball. Here's the fun part: for the best sound quality, I use a Rubbermaid box, padded with foam that I think is really sold for a bed, I stick the Blue Snowball inside it, put my head in to record...and the pièce de ré·sis·tance: I do all my recordings in my walk-in closet. I tell the folks in the office I'm doing recordings at home, but they have no idea what I do when I get there. :o)
- I also record in my clothing closet but I must admit that I don't go to the extremes that you do!
- My colleagues swear by their Blue Snowballs. I'm jealous, but what I have works well too (CAD U37 USB mic with generic add-on pop filter).
- I use Storyline 3 and find that the recording voice and simple editing tools are quick and easy to use in my interactives. It also means I am using voices of the SMEs and they are recognised by the users so this adds authenticity to the work.
The biggest task in using voice is getting the SMEs to script what they want to say first so the recording is very quick to do. You cannot do this without the words written down, a lesson well learnt.
Scenarios are a great way to learn and staff like them as well.
Thanks for sharing.- This is about TTS. No need for recording voiceovers. You just need a well written script
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- Are there any accented or age variant voices available?
- Hi Alice! There are voices for almost 30 languages (including several dialects) and each of those languages comes in multiple voice styles, some sound older, younger, some are male, female. I invite you to try them out in the 60-day free trial of Storyline 360: https://360.articulate.com/
- Hi Nicole. I've found that there are only 3 voices that are available for the English (United Kingdom) option. They are very monotone and make the course sound dull. Are there any other options available or do you know of any free sites that offer text to speech that are compatible with Storyline 360? Thanks
