Text to Speech
I’ve been a long-time user of Articulate, starting from Articulate 1, and I must say I’m really happy with the improvements and updates in Storyline 360. The tool has evolved beautifully, and it continues to support my eLearning projects effectively. However, I’d like to share some feedback about the Text-to-Speech (TTS) feature. While it’s great that this tool is available for free, the audio quality is not satisfactory. Whenever I use it, I consistently receive comments from SMEs and clients pointing out that the voice sounds clearly machine-generated and lacks the natural tone of a human voice. Additionally, the pronunciation of certain words is often incorrect, which affects the learning experience and credibility of the course. I kindly request the team to enhance the TTS feature by: Improving voice quality Providing more realistic, human-sounding voice options Adding better pronunciation handling This would make a big difference for developers like me who rely on built-in tools for rapid development. Thank you for your continued innovation—looking forward to future improvements! Thank you, Pravin DixitHas anyone created a multiple text entry quiz to share?
This is a tricky one, because you'd have to create a layer for a response to all blanks, meaning the learner may select submit without any data entry. Also, there is no built-in option for a multiple text entry quiz. Thanks for sharing! If I come up with something worthwhile, I'll post it here.Morph with layers
Greetings, everyone seems to have fun with the Morph transition, but I'm hitting a snag. The Morph transition is available for layers, but every object ID changes when duplicated or copied on layers. Is there a way to use Morph with a slide's layers, or is it currently only available only between main slides. Thanks in advance :)Build an Accessible Drag and Drop Interaction in Storyline
If you've ever needed to build an accessible course in Storyline, you may know that the built in drag and drop interactions are not accessible (see the VPAT). However, with some extra work it is possible to create your own drag and drop interaction in Storyline that is fully accessible. The issue with drag and drop interactions and accessibility is that people who access the computer using only a keyboard or assistive input device, and no mouse, cannot click-and-drag. So, the interaction must have another option, that works through the use of keyboard inputs (typically, the tab and enter keys). In Storyline triggers, anything that is done "on click" can be mimicked by a keyboard or other input device. To build a keyboard-accessible drag and drop requires building a second set of triggers that function using click-based rather than drag-based interactions. Here is how to build your own keyboard accessible drag and drop interaction in Storyline. Please note that you may include other elements that are not fully accessible. Take a look at the WCAG Guidelines to evaluate other aspects of your course creation This interaction relies on a user-selected submit button. This button needs to be on the slide, as the triggers used are not compatible with the built-in submit button in the Storyline player. Note: It will be easiest to create all layers, elements, and states before creating the triggers. LAYERS NEEDED Base Layer – Most of the triggers will be on the base layer. Correct – A feedback layer for when the user submits the interaction, when all items have been moved to the correct drop location. Incorrect – A feedback layer for when the user submits the interaction, when the interaction is incomplete or some items have been moved to the wrong location on the screen. BASE LAYER Elements Needed Drag items – one or more Drop targets – one or more Submit button – one Drag Item States Normal - The built in state. This does not need to be modified. Selected - Create a “Selected” state. Make sure to edit the selected state to include a visual indicator that the item is selected. An easy way to do this is to add a “glow” shape effect in a color contrasting the object. Drop Correct - Create the “Drop Correct” state. You may want to visually signal that the drop was completed. One way to do this is to darken or desaturate the object in the “drop correct” state. Drop Incorrect - Create the “Drop Incorrect” state. Make this state visually identical to the Drop Correct state. Triggers Submit Button 1. Show layer Correct when user clicks If Drag item 1 state equals Drop correct And Drag item 2 state equals Drop correct … (Continue through the rest of the drag items) 2. Show layer Incorrect when user clicks If Drag item 1 state does not equal Drop correct Or Drag item 2 state does not equal Drop correct … (Continue through the rest of the drag items) Drag Items For each drag item: 1. Change the item’s state to Drop Correct when it is dropped on the right drop target Change state of Drag Item 1 to Drop Correct when user drops Drag Item 1 on Drop Target 1 2. “Deselect” all other drag items when this drag item is selected (Change other drag items’ states to Normal, if they are currently selected) Change state of Drag Item 2 to Normal when user clicks Drag Item 1 If Drag Item 2 state is equal to Selected Change state of Drag Item 3 to Normal when user clicks Drag Item 1 If Drag Item 3 state is equal to Selected … (add this trigger for all other drag items on screen) 3. Change the item’s state to Drop Incorrect when it is dropped the wrong drop target(s) Change state of Drag Item 1 to Drop Incorrect when user drops Drag Item 1 on either Drop Target 2 or Drop Target 3 … (include all incorrect drop targets in the list) Drop Targets For each drop target: 1. Move the selected Drag Item along a motion path to the Drop Target when the user selects the drop target. NOTE: The move triggers MUST be before the state change triggers in the list Move Drag Item 1 on Motion Path* when the user clicks Drop Target 1 If Drag Item 1 state is equal to Selected * For the motion path, create a line motion path with start and end points in the center of the drop target. This will move the object to the correct location without showing movement on screen. Make sure to go into the path options and select “locked” for origin. This will ensure that no matter where on the slide the object starts from, it will move to the correct position with the trigger. Name the motion path something descriptive so you can identify it in the trigger list (ex: Drag 1 to Drop 1 Path). NOTE: When you create a motion path, Storyline automatically adds a trigger to the object to follow the motion path when the slide timeline starts. Make sure to go in and remove all of these triggers. … Make this trigger for all drag items on the slide. 2. Change the state of the corresponding Drag Item to Drop Correct, if the Drag Item is selected Change State of Drag Item 1 to Drop Correct when the user clicks Drop Item 1 if Drag Item 1 state is equal to Selected 3. Change state of the selected drag item to Drop Incorrect for all drag items that do not match with this drop target Change State of Drag Item 2 to Drop Incorrect when the user clicks Drop Item 1 if Drag Item 2 state is equal to Selected … Make this trigger for all remaining drag objects on the slide. CORRECT LAYER Elements Text box(es) Continue button Triggers Continue button Jump to next slide INCORRECT LAYER Elements Text box(es) Try Again button Triggers Try Again button Jump to slide (current slide) – this restarts the interaction on the slide base layer NOTE: Make sure the slide is set to “Reset to initial state” for the “when revisiting” selection in the slide properties. And there you have it! It looks like a lot, but once you've done it a time or two you can get the hang of it. Below is an example .story file of this interaction. It uses the same names as the instructions above so you can see how this all looks in a project.Menu Tabs Missing After Latest Update
After updating Storyline today to the latest build, the menu tabs at the top of the screen have disappeared. The only three tabs visible are File, Slides, and Help (pictured in the attachments). The Home, Animation, Transitions and context-based tabs such as Format are missing. There is no longer anywhere to add new content or adjust existing content. Is this intended in the new build? Is there somewhere else to access the tools that used to be available from the menu tabs? I've tried closing and reopening Articulate Storyline, but the tabs are still missing. Appreciate any help!AI 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. AnnaCC Not appearing
I created my presentation. I am adding the CCs as directed HERE. Before I continue adding the CC info to all 30 slides, I want to make sure it's actually working. And it didn't. I created the video, and made sure the .vtt file that was created along with it are both in the same folder, yet the CC isn't showing up. Am I missing something?Quiz Question Answers Formatting Issues
Okay, this has been annoying me for literally 11 YEARS. In fact, I just found a post I had made June 10, 2013, about this issue. Here's the problem. When creating a question slide, you absolutely can NOT touch the formatting of quiz question slide answers. If you do, it messes with how they display. One: the correct question has different formatting than the rest, it is next to the choice button, even tho the formatting (margin spacing) is the same for every answer. Two: Multiple choice/guess answers will move around when different states are used (hover, selected, etc) So, in essence, you can't touch the bounding box of the answers, even if your question slide looks horrible. The instant you do, all the formatting gets messed up. Any ideas, solutions, tips are greatly appreciated!!
