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AnotherMe
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August 5, 2016
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Am I the only one who shows text before audio on timeline?

  • August 5, 2016
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I feel a need to display the text before the audio on the timeline if the text is the same as the audio. Otherwise, I feel the viewer might get a little confused. If the text is displayed a few frames before the text to speech is heard I feel the brain can process is better.

Am I the only one who does this?

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Paul Wilson CTDP
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Paul Wilson CTDPCommunity Expert
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August 5, 2016

I often use on-screen text as a way to call out key words or phrases within a sentence.

For example, if the narration says "Each time a customer enters your store, it's important to greet them."

Instead of the whole sentence being displayed on screen I will just have the text read "Greet the Customer" and the appearance of that text would be timed to coincide with the word greet in the narration.

I find this adds impact and makes it easy for your learner to remember the key points.

I don't actually dislike PowerPoint or any other presentation software for that matter. I just dislike the millions of people who use it so poorly.

Paul Wilson, CTDP
    TLCMediaDesign
    TLCMediaDesign
    Inspiring
    August 5, 2016

    I agree 100% with Lieve.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    August 5, 2016

    Thanks David! Although I'm not an Apple fan, I watched Steve Job's presentations with awe!

    Funny story: once in the classroom, students were giggling. I don't mind them having fun at all, but was puzzled and at the end I asked  if I could get a clue to participate in the laughing? They pointed to my course pages on the table in front of me: they were upside down. I never looked at them so didn't notice...

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    August 5, 2016

    Hmmm, I will NEVER have audio exactly the same as text on a slide (redundancy principle), with the exception of CC of course which has a different goal. It makes me think of all those bad presenters who are reading the text on their PPT-slides. (BTW that is what made me hate PPT). If I use text on a slide, it will be keywords, not sentences like in the audio. Sorry, that is my teacher's past.

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