Preview and Published Files Not Running/Clocking
Hello, I am using Storyline 360 Build 3.116.36838.0. I am having trouble previewing "Selected Slides", "Scenes", and viewing Published courses. I am noticing that if I try to preview slides that do NOT include Question Banks, the slides do preview. But if I try to include the Questions Banks in a preview of a scene or selected slides, the slides/scene will NOT preview. I get the attached image. And if I publish an entire course which includes Question Banks, I cannot run the course. I once again get the attached image as if the course is just trying to run but won't. One other note: I was previously using Build 3.115.36688.0. I had no problem with Question Banks up until yesterday with that build. Which is what made me update to the latest build. Is anyone else experiencing this issue with previewing or publishing?Options to Insert AI Audio
Hi! The latest update made some changes to inserting AI Audio into the Storyline 360 Timeline. It used to be inserted wherever the Playhead was in the timeline. Now, there is just the option to replace a clip, presumably the last clip selected. This is a specific use, which might be great to have as an option, but there should also be just the "Insert at Playhead" option. I just want to get the audio into the project asap and will work with it with it there. Thanks.Storyline is overwriting and corrupting projects when closing after recent updates
Hi everyone, I’m running into a serious issue after the last couple of Storyline updates, and I’m wondering if anyone else has seen this or if Articulate can advise. When I open an existing Storyline project, even just to review it without making any changes, Storyline appears to overwrite the project when I close it. This happens when I use the X button to close the project. Sometimes I get the normal save prompt, and sometimes I do not. When I do not get the prompt, I see a black square/black box instead. But either way, the project still appears to overwrite the previous file when I close it. After that happens, the file becomes corrupted and I can no longer open it. Storyline then says the project is invalid. This is happening across multiple Storyline projects, so it does not seem tied to one specific file. The pattern is: Open an existing Storyline project. Review it without making ANY changes. Close the project using the X button. Sometimes the normal save prompt appears, and sometimes a black square/black box appears instead. Regardless of whether the prompt appears, the project appears to overwrite the previous file. The file then becomes corrupted and can no longer be opened if I get the black square scenario. If I get the normal “Are you sure you want to save?” prompt, the file does not become corrupted. However, regardless of whether it becomes corrupted, Storyline is still overwriting the previous file, and I do not know why. I’ve seen this happen in Storyline 360 versions 3.116 and 3.115. I have not tested earlier versions yet, but this was not happening before the recent updates. To help diagnose it I could test other versions to see where the break happened, but it would just be great to have a solution. My main concerns are: Why is Storyline overwriting the project when I am only opening/reviewing it? Why does closing with the X sometimes show a black square instead of the expected prompt? Why does the file appear to save or overwrite even when I do not want to save any changes? Is there a known issue with closing, saving, autosave, or file handling in versions? What is the safest workaround to prevent more projects from being corrupted? This is a critical issue because simply opening and closing a project can corrupt the file. Any guidance from Articulate support or anyone else who has experienced this would be greatly appreciated. I checked other posts about corrupted files but they don't address this specifically. Below is what it looks like visually Photo from right after I hit the X button Photo after I try to open the same project that I made no changes to: Photo of Date modified timestamps on my projects I did not make any changes to:Focus Order, Accessibility, and Set Focus
Okay, I need some help please. I was contracted by a company working on this gigantic project (over 150 storyline files) that are non accessible and they wanted screen reader accessibility. Granted, this project has been in the works for 8 years, and changing how they built stuff is not an option. They use a lot of modal layers instead of dialog ones, which seems to cause a lot of problems for Screen Readers. Every time you open a new layer, NVDA loses focus. To rectify this, I've added a "Set Focus" on "Text" when the timeline starts on "Text" in the new layer. This fixes the screen reader, but for non screen reader users, it adds that ugly yellow square that looks like a glitch if you don't know where it's from. I see a lot of posts here saying Set Focus isn't the best trigger....but when I don't use it, opening layers is a nightmare and I have to find "Back to top" and start over, which can be infuriating, and I would be infuriated if I needed to keyboard nav this project. I just found out that unchecking "Prevent users from clicking on other layers" seems to make this work without a set focus....but I was keeping that checked because if you use back to top in a layer, you have to recycle from the beginning....and some slides have like....12 layers ... ouff. Does anyone know what could be done without drastically renovating way too many files and layers?Storyline AI Voice - decreasing volume
Hi, Consider this feedback for the implementation of AI voice over provided by ElevenLabs inside Storyline 360. I've been typically noticing this on any voice over that lasts approx. 50 seconds or longer, but I have also noticed this continuously gradual decrease in volume in clips as short as 40 seconds. If the generated voice over is long enough, the audio can, over its duration, gradually decrease to barely perceptible levels. This means constantly having to chop up the script and generating multiple short clips for a single slide or layer. I've tried on new slides, tried in a blank and clean project with the same results. Kind regards, samAI TTS and SSML functionality
Hello everyone, I would like to bring the attention of the community on AI TTS and the limited use of SSML with it. I know that it is not supported because you built AI voices "to understand the relationship between words and adjust delivery accordingly". However, AI voices mispronounce acronyms and other words like company names and such. By saying that I am forced to use the old TTS voices, and it is a bit upsetting because the AI voices sound indeed more natural and "human", big benefits in e-learning for ensuring a more pleasant learning experience for our users. This is a request to work on SSML for AI voices because I strongly believe it is needed. Anna
