Three Questions

[clwork]

I have several question I hope can be answered.  No doubt they can since this Adobe Captivate forum has been such a help to me. I thank you all!

Here are my questions.

1. Can anyone suggest an idea on what I should use instead of red question marks for my eLearning presentation? The student is to click the red question mark in order to have a box pop up giving the information. Does anyone have any ideas on what I can use instead of that?

2. Can I put Text to Speech within a CPVC file? Or must it be done from within the CPTX file?

3. Can anyone suggest a good mic for a Dell USB computer to do voice overs with?

Thanks to this forum I am starting to use advanced features of Captivate. I thank you all for your help.

[Lilybiri]

First question is about design, not really about Captivate

Second question: you can create the TTS in a cptx file and add it as audio file in the cpvc-file. It will not be an easy work flow because you'll have to synchronize a lot.

I'm using Shure microphones, but Blue has affordable USB Microphons (Yeti, Blue, Snowball).

[clwork]

In reference to y our second answer about adding TTS, is it safe to just add TTS within the CPTX in which I insered the CPVC as a CPVC Slide?

[Lilybiri]

I would always add the audio in the Video Demo editor, not directly in CPTX to avoid getting audio out of sync with the video.

[clwork]

I am creating a text to speech within cptx and exporting it as a mp3 file then importing it into the cpvc split section of the video. It works awesome. However, if the cpvc video was already split that can cause a problem. I guess this is why the project should be planned out ahead of time. Now I know for the future. But so far it's working out.

[peterv85060509]

Q3: Must be a non dynamic and non active (phantom powered) microphone. Unless you are able to treat the acoustics in the room you are using. In my opinion you should avoid your audio recording to sound hollow. My choice is a good old Shure SM57.

[elearningbuilder11]

P.S.

www.lynda.com has some FABULOUS adobe captivate training. I've already learned all kinds of CP9 things .

[Lilybiri]

It is OK for basics of Captivate, not for good practice or in depth learning.

[clwork]

I use them. They are a good recourse. YouTube is also very good as is this forum.