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ald12163309
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January 17, 2017
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Multiple Text-to-Speech events in one slide

  • January 17, 2017
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I want to create slides with several "text captions". I want the text captions to appear at different intervals and I would like each one to carry text-to-speech for the text that will appear in the text caption. Is there an easy way to do this within a slide with out taking one long audio and inserting pauses? I would like the audio to play when each caption appears.

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Correct answer Lilybiri

You can attach Object audio to the captions, when they appear the audio will play.

This means that you have to create each clip separately, they will be in the Library but have a generic name that you'd better change.

Drawback: if you need Closed Captioning, you'll have to do it manually, no way to do it with the work flow of slide audio.

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Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
Legend
January 17, 2017

You can attach Object audio to the captions, when they appear the audio will play.

This means that you have to create each clip separately, they will be in the Library but have a generic name that you'd better change.

Drawback: if you need Closed Captioning, you'll have to do it manually, no way to do it with the work flow of slide audio.

    ald12163309
    ald12163309Author
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    January 17, 2017

    This was very helpful! Can you tell me where you would suggest I create them separately. In Slide Notes I assume, but how would I create them separately.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    January 17, 2017

    You can create a dummy slide, and use slide notes indeed. I would label each audio clip, when it is created and shows up in the Library.

    Another approach is to use the 'Play Audio' command, but since you have captions appearing, Object audio seems to be the best approach. I have some articles about them:

    Audio Objects: Control them! - Captivate blog

    Playtime with Audio and Widgets - Captivate blog

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