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K.Levernier
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August 10, 2022
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Text to Speech & Closed Captioning Property Changes?

  • August 10, 2022
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Hi,

Is there any way to change the text to speech properites? I need Captivate to read read "slash S" in stead of "per second" when i type "/S"? I also need the Closed Captions to display "/S".

 

I am also trying to find a way that captivate will read "20160" as "two - zero - one - zix - zero" instead of "twenty thousand one hundred sixty" I need the closed captions to display "20160" while it is reading what I want it to read. 

 

I have been googling but haven't figured out if it is posible to change how Captivate reads the text to speech.

 

I have tried different combinations, but the closed captioning and the text to speech always wants me to regenerate the audio/closed captions when I update one and not the other.

 

Any advice would be great! Thank you!

 

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    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 11, 2022

    This is not difficult to do.  But you need to create your TTS audio and not change it after that, otherwise the CC text gets wiped out.

     

    Just write the Slide Notes the way you want Captivate to say it (e.g. two zero one six zero).   Generate the text from those slide notes. 

     

    When you have the TTS sounding the way you want it, THEN change the slide note text to how you want it to look (e.g. 20160) and do your Closed Caption timing.

     

    I have tested this at my end in a blank project and it works perfectly.  TTS first, THEN CC.

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    K.LevernierAuthor
    Participant
    August 15, 2022

    Thanks, There is no way to change it throughout the software, change the default on how Captivate reads?

     

    I am going to have to do this over and over and over again. Then i'm going to have to somehow note it so if others come in behind me and make updates they don't wipe out the edits.

     

    Also, I have tried doing it the way you suggested and it always ends up generating new audio when I go to update the closed captioning. It seems like Captivate is going out of its way to convert "/ S" to "per second" instead of just reading it as it is written. 

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    K.LevernierAuthor
    Participant
    August 15, 2022

    I am also confused because on it's own, captivate will read "/S' as "slash S", but when I put it iwth other things such as "BNF-7020-DD-01/S" Captivate will read "BNF-seventy twenty - DD - o one per second". I need it to say "slash S" all the time.

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