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how do i get james in captivate 2017 to say the word triage?

  • November 30, 2017
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I amusing James voice in Captivate 2017 for text to speech and it will not pronounce the work triage, it messes up when it has to pronounce the "a", please advise what I can do.

 

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    Correct answer Erik Lord

    Do words like this phonetically in the script.

    So try

    Tree-aj or variations until you hit upon what sounds good enough.

    Once you generate the speech, you can change the script back if you need it for closed-captioning.

    This may be useful to watch (not totally related, but helpful)

    Adobe Captivate - Text to Speech Hints and Tips - YouTube

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    Paul Wilson CTDP
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    December 1, 2017

    You can use the voice text markup language from Neospeech. A little time and effort with the following document will teach you to use IPA pronunciation section and use the following code to make it work. If you are publishing your text to speech as also your closed captioning and you are using HTML publishing there will be no need to remove the VTML. 

     

    <vtml_phoneme alphabet="ipa" ph="116;633;105;593;658">triage</vtml_phoneme>

     

    Also here is the document where I learned how to do this.

    https://www.paulwilsonlearning.com/vtml

    Paul Wilson, CTDP
    kvh860839Author
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    December 1, 2017

    Thank you so much, this was very helpful!

    Erik Lord
    Erik LordCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    December 1, 2017

    Do words like this phonetically in the script.

    So try

    Tree-aj or variations until you hit upon what sounds good enough.

    Once you generate the speech, you can change the script back if you need it for closed-captioning.

    This may be useful to watch (not totally related, but helpful)

    Adobe Captivate - Text to Speech Hints and Tips - YouTube

    kvh860839Author
    Participating Frequently
    December 1, 2017

    Thank you for your assistance, I tried it and I almost have it correct.  Thanks!